Consortium established to support ICH M7 compliance

An industry work-group comprising of toxicologists, pharmaceutical companies and data experts plans to unveil the early results of a data sharing project designed to enhance the safety of drug substances and aid compliance with quality guidelines such as ICH M7.

Led by Lhasa Limited, which creates state-of-the-art in silico prediction and database systems, the Acceptable Intake (AI) and Permitted Daily Exposure (PDE) project has brought together a team of individuals to share and harmonise AI and PDE data for commonly used reagents and solvents.

The calculation of compound specific AIs/PDEs is required in regulatory submission under various guidelines. This calculation and presentation process is often time consuming and costly, with the potential for duplicate or non-equivalent assessments across submissions from around the world.

The project was initiated in 2017 using Lhasa’s Vitic Nexus platform, a chemical database and information management system. Recently nine pharmaceutical companies including AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, GSK, Novartis and Sanofi Aventis have shared AI/PDE data and, the group is now looking to expand to include new members from the pharmaceutical community.