Glossary

Starting Material

Any substance used in the production of a medicine, excluding packaging materials.

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Real inspection findings

Findings from regulators' inspection documents in which this term appears.

  1. - Lack of consistency and reliability of the entry in the “Batch Processing Records” for the calculation of the quantities of starting materials (including active substance) used in the manufacture of a batch of the veterinary medicinal product Strepto 37.5; powder for solution for pigs.
    EMA · EU GMP NCR (EudraGMDP) · 2024-09-23
  2. Your firm failed to validate or adequately verify multiple test methods used for testing key starting materials and finished APIs.
    FDA · FDA Warning Letter · 2026-07-21
  3. Inadequate Process Validation Your firm failed to establish adequate process validation for clomiphene citrate USP and its key starting materials.
    FDA · FDA Warning Letter · 2026-07-21
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Source

식품의약품안전처, 「알기 쉬운 GMP 용어집」, Starting Material