ICH Guideline Q9(R1) On QRM, Part 1: Formality & Risk-based Decisions
March 08, 2023
By Stacey Largent, M. Eng. and Virginia Andreotti-Jones, ValSource Inc.
The long-awaited revision to ICH’s harmonized tripartite guidance on Quality Risk Management (QRM), Q9(R1), was adopted on Jan. 18, 2023. While the primary principles of QRM in this new version remain consistent with the original 2005 document, the revised guidance has four new subsections. This article examines the topics of formality and risk-based decisions.