Recommendations on the interpretation of the new European Medicines Agency Guideline on Bioanalytical Method Validation by Global CRO Council for Bioanalysis (GCC)

Senior representatives of GCC member companies have thoroughly evaluated and discussed the new European Medicines Agency (EMA; July 2011 [1]) Guideline on Bioanalytical Method Validation (BMV), during the 4th GCC (23 October 2011, Washington DC, USA) and 5th GCC (14 November 2011, Barcelona, Spain) Closed Forums. These North American and European events provided a unique opportunity for CRO leaders to openly share opinions and perspectives and to agree on unified bioanalytical recommendations specifically in relation with the new EMA guideline. The Global CRO Council for Bioanalysis (GCC) [101] is a global independent group of many Contract Research Organization (CRO) leaders....