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Forced degradation & stability-indicating methods

TL;DR

Forced degradation per ICH Q1A(R2) stresses the active under acid, base, oxidation (H₂O₂), thermal, humidity and photolytic (ICH Q1B Option 1 or 2) conditions to generate degradants. A stability-indicating method is then validated under ICH Q2(R2) to resolve and quantify those...

Forced degradation per ICH Q1A(R2) stresses the active under acid, base, oxidation (H₂O₂), thermal, humidity and photolytic (ICH Q1B Option 1 or 2) conditions to generate degradants. A stability-indicating method is then validated under ICH Q2(R2) to resolve and quantify those degradants — without which a stability claim is unsupported. Most supplement actives that fail late-stage stability fail because the assay was potency-only, not stability-indicating.

Regulatory anchors
  • ICH Q1A(R2)
  • ICH Q1B
  • ICH Q2(R2)
How V5 handles it
QMS — quality engineered into every action, not bolted on.
Because V5 owns the operator action, the QMS sees the data the second it’s captured — not at the end of the shift.
Document control with hard kiosk-level training enforcement.
Versioned SOPs are only useful if operators are actually trained on the current version. V5 enforces it at the kiosk.
Related terms
Reference standard qualificationSupplement Stability Shelf Life
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