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What is a Quality Agreement?
A Quality Agreement under the scope of this guideline is a legally binding agreement that is
mutually negotiated and concluded between (the Quality Departments of) API/intermediate
manufacturers and their customers. It is intended to define, in a formalised manner,
responsibilities relative to quality tasks to assure the manufacture and supply of safe
materials (APIs or intermediates) acceptable for pharmaceutical use. A Quality Agreement is
based on the quality procedures in place at both the API/intermediate manufacturer and its
customer. The Quality Agreement also includes commitments between the parties regarding
(a) the provision of information, documents, or samples, and (b) communication and
notification rules including contacts. It creates mutual understanding of the quality &
regulatory requirements relevant for material supply and both the API/intermediate
manufacturer‟s and customer‟s respective obligations related to quality. By clearly
delineating responsibilities, costly product quality issues resulting from miscommunication
can be reduced or eliminated.
A Quality Agreement is a major element of an API/intermediate user‟s supplier qualification
program but, of course, it is not a substitute for the supplier qualification processes, including
audits as necessary, and for understanding the supplier processes and capabilities. A Quality
Agreement must not contain any commercial or liability related terms, which should
exclusively be dealt with in a Supply Agreement.
Relation to Supply Agreements
Supply Agreements (also known as Commercial Agreements) document the legal and
business relationship between API/intermediate manufacturers and their customers. Quality
Agreements usually complement the Supply Agreements (if present). If and to the extent a
Quality Agreement has been agreed upon, it is basically recommended to avoid quality
provisions in Supply Agreements, whenever and to the extent possible, and rather to include
a simple reference to the specific, complementary Quality Agreement. Items not directly
related to Quality and regulatory compliance (e.g., Safety, Health & Environment items)
should rather be included in the Supply Agreement. Nonetheless, one may frequently find
combined agreements, often called “Technical Agreements”, mixing
Quality/GMP/Regulatory items with detailed product-specific (“technical”) contents and
other topics. It is recommended to implement separate agreements because these are easier to
maintain.
Quality and Legal review of Supply Agreements should assure quality provisions are
aligned/included in the corresponding Quality Agreements. Since Supply and Quality
Agreement are often not generated at the same time or reviewed by the same people it is a
must to define which document governs in case of conflict (see section III.3 of the Quality
Agreement structure given in chapter 5).
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