DRUG MASTER FILE (DMF) IN USA AND EUROPE Authors: Tasmeen Shaik , KOUSHIK YETUKURI AND RAMA RAO NADENDLA
ABSTRACT
DMF is known as the Drug Master File, which includes a proprietary document containing all
detailed, reliable and accurate Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) or dosage format
information for the finished product. The Drug Master File consists of two parts, one being
the part of the applicant and the other being a restricted part. The applicant's part covers all
the details needed to be checked by the license holder on the quality of the product, and the
restricted part covers all the sensitive production process information that can be submitted to
the health authorities. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of DMF filings
and comparison of DMF in various countries, such as the USA and EUROPE. The drug
master file is called DMF (Drug Master File) in the USA, but it is known as ASMF (active
substance master file) in EUROPE.
Keywords: applicant part, API, ASMF, Drug Master File, restricted part Publication date: 01/11/2021 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2021/November/MS_IJBPAS_2021_5723.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.11.5723