Common Technical Document

The Common Technical Document (CTD) is a set of specifications for an application dossier for the registration of Medicines and designed to be used across Europe, Japan and the United States and beyond.[1]

Synopsis

The CTD is an internationally agreed format for the preparation of applications regarding new drugs intended to be submitted to regional regulatory authorities in participating countries. It was developed by the European Medicines Agency (EMA, Europe), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA, US) and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan) starting at the World Health Organization International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities (ICDRA) at Paris in 1989.[1]

The CTD is maintained by the International Council on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH).[1][2]

After the United States, European Union and Japan, the CTD was adopted by several other countries including Canada[3] and Switzerland.[1]

The Paper CTD is destined to be replaced by its electronic counterpart, the eCTD.

Document contents

The Common Technical Document is divided into five modules:[4]

  1. Administrative and prescribing information
  2. Overview and summary of modules 3 to 5
  3. Quality (pharmaceutical documentation)
  4. Preclinical (Pharmacology/Toxicology)
  5. Clinical – efficacy and safety (Clinical Trials)

Detailed subheadings for each Module are specified for all jurisdictions. The contents of Module 1 and certain subheadings of other Modules will differ, based on national requirements.

See also

References
  1. Junod, Valerie (2005). Clinical drug trials - Studying the safety and efficacy of new pharmaceuticals. (thesis for Faculté de droit de Genève) Bruxelles: Bruylant. p. 107.
  2. "Guidance for Industry, ICH M4: Organization of the CTD" (PDF). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER). August 2001.
  3. "Guidance Document: Preparation of Drug Regulatory Activities in the Electronic Common Technical Document Format". Government of Canada. Health Canada. 14 May 2015.
  4. Jordan, Debbie (2014). "An overview of the Common Technical Document (CTD) regulatory dossier" (PDF). Medical Writing. 23 (2): 102. doi:10.1179/2047480614Z.000000000207. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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