Pharmaceutical Quality - Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (PQ-CMC) Submissions to FDA, published by HL7 International / Biomedical Research and Regulation. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.1.6 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/FHIR-us-pq-cmc-fda/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
Change Notes
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Changes and Updates for Version 1.1.5
The current development IG - Sept connectathon plus Stage 2
- Included Excipient Drug Substance in the Profile Map (at the same level as Substance Definition Handle).
- Changed section 1.3 to section 1.2.2 and adjusted the section numbering that followed — for example, "IG Overview" is now section 1.3.
- Removed the two asterisks so that the section title is "Pharmaceutical Quality Projects in BR&R WG".
- Fixed the typo x10.
- Changed C18634 display to "Animal-derived indirectly".
- Changed "Bundle Reference" block in the diagram to show and link to "StructureDefinition-cmc-ectd-document-32p32.html".
- This value set name was a duplicate although it pointed to a different value set. Both seemed to have overlapping content although one was identified by SME requirements with terms registered at NCI and the other was technical in nature identifying the 3 different CTD sections used for Quality Specification information. PROPOSED: change this VS name to "eCTD specification sections terminology".
- Fixed composition.section.type to be 1..1 in all the stage 2 compositions.
- Rename ValueSet: PQCMC Product Characteristic Codes.
- Included Excipient Drug Substance in the Profile Map (at the same level as Substance Definition Handle).
- Added new Batch Formula example with parts
- Updated example Batch formula with parts example
- Updated transform
- corrected the link 'StructureDefinition-narrativeLink.html' for "narrativeLink extension" build error
Changes and Updates for Version 1.1.5
- Updates to Home page and copywrite for NCIt
Changes and Updates for Version 1.1.4
- Text type ballot changes
- Bundle Map diagram updates
- Stage 2 changes from Excel file
- Transforms for Stage 2
- Updates to Stage 1 transforms
- Images updates and size change for Jira tickets
- Updates to Quality Specification page for xml snippets
Changes and Updates for Version 1.1.3
- Bundle slicing
- 32P55
- organization
- Changes for ballot issues that would affect parsing
Changes and Updates for Version 1.1.2
- Organization.fsh: ballot comments
- amount on Batch formula component
- Substance impurity characterization changes
- Invariants: Charaterization to Characterisation
- Added Sterile product indicator
- Attachment as a Profile - support of Ballot
- aliases.fsh: most changes from FMG ballot approval
- eCTDComposition.fsh 32S30 to 32s3
- qualitySpecification.fsh specification detailQuantity using comparator
Changes and Updates for Version 1.1.1
- Fixed typo > "Note: Codes that exist in NCIt at time of ballot begin with ‘C’."
- Fixed Missing closing parenthesis > …(likely either NCIt or HL7’s UTG code systems)
- Changed the Display Values to use the PQ/CMC PTs - see spreadsheet "PQCMC-Ballot-Comment-Details-ExcipientFunctionDisplayValues.xlsx"
- Corrected the display value to use the PQ/CMC PT - "Animal-derived indirectly"
- Change the display value to use the PQ/CMC PT - "Storage at -20 degrees C (+/-) 5 degrees C."
- droped "space" typo in word "Refer", "Refer to Validating"
- Changed text to "Scripts to insert narratives in XML bundle files as described in section 2: Narrative Generation."
- Changed text to "The fields needed to represent Quality Specifications for APIs,"
- Changed tex to, "… whose specifications are for Aspirin."
- Removed text referencing the concept map. It does not exist.
- Changed subject of the Specification in the examples for 32S41
- SP4151 example use Composition code uses a specification code
- CommonOrganization..fsh at PqAddress 3 letter Country code enforced
- DrugProductResources..fsh at Batch Formula MID changes
- DrugSubstanceResources..fsh at characterisation must have something
- Invariants..fsh at SP4151 Composition code uses a specification code
- TempCodeSystems..fsh at Updated with change since with ballot
- Terminologies..fsh at SP4151 Composition code uses a specification code
- UtilityProfiles..fsh at Ingore.txt and resolution of warrings
- aliases..fsh at most changes from FMG ballot approval
- eCTDComposition..fsh at SP4151 Composition code uses a specification code
- qualitySpecification..fsh at move approval status from useContext to type
- updated 32S1 plantUML diagram
- changed ribbon for Stage 2
- Added in stage 2 profiles
- Added example of a DrugProductwithImpurities
Changes and Updates for Version 1.1.0
- removed EMA and GENC from diagrams
- updated terminology in stage 2 profiles
- imported all changes from ballot May 2024