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This is actually a huge deal. Insulin is famous for lasting several times the listed shelf life if properly refrigerated, but people unaware of this still throw
by thescriptkiddie 10y ago
This is actually a huge deal. Insulin is famous for lasting several times the listed shelf life if properly refrigerated, but people unaware of this still throw away unfinished vials. Other drugs are so stable they may never expire, so the dates on the bottles are completely arbitrary.
- ekianjo 10y agoYup, but running stability studies is also costly too, not so much for the testing, but for regulatory approvals - you need to write up the stability part again, argue why the results are still acceptable in case you see any increase of degradation products, and pay a fee and wait 6 months to 1 year to get it approved, then enjoy paying again to relabel all your package, PIL, etc... that goes with it. Most of the time, unless you had a realllllly short shelf life at submission timing, the additional work is not worth it for the pharma industry side. Resources are better used working towards new/pending products.