Archivo Maestro de la Sustancia Activa y sus tipos
Un archivo maestro de medicamentos o ASMF es un
documento confidencial y detallado presentado por un fabricante farmacéutico a
la FDA de los Estados Unidos. Contiene
principalmente información detallada sobre las instalaciones, procesos o
ingredientes utilizados en la fabricación, procesamiento, envasado y
almacenamiento de un medicamento en cuestión.
Según la FDA, una solicitud de ASMF no está aprobada
ni desaprobada, pero su información se utiliza para revisar para solicitud de
exportación.
¿Qué tipo de información debe contener un ASMF?
Bueno, depende del tipo de ASMF de la siguiente
manera.
Tipo I de ASMF:
Esto contiene información sobre el sitio de
fabricación, las instalaciones, los procedimientos operativos y el personal que
no es específico de ninguna sustancia farmacéutica.
Los ASMF de Tipo I ya no son aceptados por la FDA,
pero los documentos antiguos permanecen archivados.
Tipo II de ASMF:
Este contiene información relacionada con sustancias
de medicamentos, sustancias intermedias de sustancias y materiales utilizados
en la preparación de un medicamento o un producto farmacéutico.
Un ASMF tipo II es el formulario más comúnmente
enviado entre todos y puede incluir la dosis de medicamentos fabricados bajo
contrato para otra compañía que presentaría un ANDA.
Tipo III ASMF:
Esta contiene información relacionada con los
materiales de embalaje, desde botellas y tapas hasta la resina de PVC utilizada
durante la fabricación de un medicamento determinado.
Tipo IV:
Esta tipo de ASMF consiste principalmente en
información sobre el excipiente (material de unión como el almidón o la
celulosa), el colorante, el sabor, la esencia o el material utilizado en la
preparación de un medicamento dado.
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Drug
Master Files & its Types
A
Drug Master File or ASMF is a confidential, detailed document submitted by a
pharmaceutical manufacturer to the US FDA. It mainly contains detailed
information about facilities, processes, or ingredients used in the
manufacturing, processing, packaging, and storing a concerned drug. According
to the FDA, a ASMF application is neither approved or disapproved, but its
information is used to review an IND, NDA,
ANDA, or an Export Application. What kind of information should a
ASMF contain? Well, it depends on the type of ASMF as follows.
Type
I ASMF:
This
contains information regarding the manufacturing site, facilities, operating
procedures and personnel not specific to any drug substance. The Type I ASMFs
are no longer accepted by the FDA but the old documents remain on file.
Type
II ASMF:
This
contains information related to drug substances, substance intermediates, and
materials used in the preparation of a drug, or a drug product. A Type II ASMF
is the most commonly submitted form among all and can include dosage from drugs
manufactured under contract for another company which would file an ANDA.
Type
III ASMF:
This
contains information pertaining to packaging materials, right from bottles and
caps to PVC resin used during the manufacture of any given drug.
Type
III ASMF can also be referred to this article’s introduction. In a recent web update,
FDA has announced and clarified when and how a Type III ASMF needs to be
submitted.
It is not mandatory that the packaging information be submitted to
FDA in the form of a ASMF. The one who is submitting the NDA, ANDA or BLA
documents or is the sponsor of an IND is responsible to also provide
information related to the packaging materials of a given drug.
This
information is to be provided to the applicant or sponsor by the manufacturer
of a packaging component or material of construction and can be directly
included in the application instead of a separately filed ASMF.
However, if
there is any information that a manufacturer does not wish to share with the
applicant or sponsor (due to proprietary issues), it can be thereby placed in a
Type III ASMF and included in the application by a letter of consent from the
manufacturer to the applicant or sponsor authorizing reference to the ASMF.
Type
IV: This mainly consists of information regarding the excipient (binding
material such as starch or cellulose), colourant, flavour, essence or material
used in the preparation of a given drug.
Type
V: This
contains all reference information pertaining to the drug not included in the
previous ASMF types.
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