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United States • Title 21 CFR • Part 210

Part 210PART 210—CURRENT GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE IN MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING, PACKING, OR HOLDING OF DRUGS; GENERAL

Part 210 outlines the general current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) regulations for drugs, establishing minimum standards for manufacturing, processing, packing, and holding to ensure drug safety, identity, strength, quality, and purity. It also addresses the applicability of these regulations to various drug products, including human cells, tissues, and cellular or tissue-based products (HCT/Ps) that are considered drugs, and investigational drugs.

What this part covers

  • Establishes minimum CGMP requirements for drugs to ensure safety, identity, strength, quality, and purity.
  • Non-compliance renders drugs adulterated and subjects them to regulatory action.
  • Applies to manufacturing, processing, packing, or holding of drugs.
  • CGMP regulations supplement, but do not supersede, other applicable regulations unless explicitly stated.
  • In case of conflict, the regulation specifically applicable to the drug product supersedes the general one.
  • Exemptions exist for investigational drugs in Phase 1 studies, but compliance is required once they are used in Phase 2/3 studies or lawfully marketed.
  • Includes definitions for key terms such as 'batch', 'component', 'drug product', 'active ingredient', and 'quality control unit'.

Sections in Part 210

§ 210.1

Status of current good manufacturing practice regulations.

(a) The regulations set forth in this part and in parts 211, 225, and 226 of this chapter contain the minimum current good manufacturing practice for methods to be used in, and the facilities or controls to be used for, the manufacture, processing, packing, or holding of a drug to assure that such drug meets the requirements of the act as to safety, and has the identity and strength and meets the quality and purity characteristics that it purports or is represented to possess. (b) The failure to comply with any regulation set forth in this part and in parts 211, 225, and 226 of this chapter in the manufacture, processing, packing, or holding of a drug shall render such drug to be adulterated under section 501(a)(2)(B) of the act and such drug, as well as the person who is responsible for the failure to comply, shall be subject to regulatory action. (c) Owners and operators of establishments engaged in the recovery, donor screening, testing (including donor testing), processing, storage, labeling, packaging, or distribution of human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products (HCT/Ps), as defined in § 1271.3(d) of this chapter, that are drugs (subject to review under…

§ 210.2

Applicability of current good manufacturing practice regulations.

(a) The regulations in this part and in parts 211, 225, and 226 of this chapter as they may pertain to a drug; in parts 600 through 680 of this chapter as they may pertain to a biological product for human use; and in part 1271 of this chapter as they are applicable to a human cell, tissue, or cellular or tissue-based product (HCT/P) that is a drug (subject to review under an application submitted under section 505 of the act or under a biological product license application under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act); shall be considered to supplement, not supersede, each other, unless the regulations explicitly provide otherwise. In the event of a conflict between applicable regulations in this part and in other parts of this chapter, the regulation specifically applicable to the drug product in question shall supersede the more general. (b) If a person engages in only some operations subject to the regulations in this part, in parts 211, 225, and 226 of this chapter, in parts 600 through 680 of this chapter, and in part 1271 of this chapter, and not in others, that person need only comply with those regulations applicable to the operations in which he or she is…

§ 210.3

Definitions.

(a) The definitions and interpretations contained in section 201 of the act shall be applicable to such terms when used in this part and in parts 211, 225, and 226 of this chapter. (b) The following definitions of terms apply to this part and to parts 211, 225, and 226 of this chapter. Actet seq.(1) means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 U.S.C. 301 ). Batch(2) means a specific quantity of a drug or other material that is intended to have uniform character and quality, within specified limits, and is produced according to a single manufacturing order during the same cycle of manufacture. Component(3) means any ingredient intended for use in the manufacture of a drug product, including those that may not appear in such drug product. Drug product(4) means a finished dosage form, for example, tablet, capsule, solution, etc., that contains an active drug ingredient generally, but not necessarily, in association with inactive ingredients. The term also includes a finished dosage form that does not contain an active ingredient but is intended to be used as a placebo. Fiber(5) means any particulate contaminant with a length at least three times greater than…

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