Guide to Inspections of Oral Solid Dosa...l Issues for Development and Validation

This inspection guide provides information regarding the inspection and evaluation of the manufacturing and control processes used to manufacture solid oral dosage form pharmaceutical products. This document provides guidance for the FDA investigator and promotes uniformity and consistency during the inspection and evaluation of the validation of the solid oral dosage form manufacturing and control processes. It covers three phases of the validation process; product development, design of the validation protocol, and demonstration runs (validation) of the equipment and process in the manufacture of full scale commercial production batches.