PMID- 33619657 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211108 LR - 20211108 IS - 1550-7416 (Electronic) IS - 1550-7416 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 2 DP - 2021 Feb 22 TI - Biopharmaceutics Applications of Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Absorption Modeling and Simulation in Regulatory Submissions to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for New Drugs. PG - 31 LID - 10.1208/s12248-021-00564-2 [doi] AB - Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) absorption modeling and simulation is increasingly used as a tool in drug product development, not only in support of clinical pharmacology applications (e.g., drug-drug interaction, dose selection) but also from quality perspective, enhancing drug product understanding. This report provides a summary of the status and the application of PBPK absorption modeling and simulation in new drug application (NDA) submissions to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to support drug product quality (e.g., clinically relevant dissolution specifications, active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) particle size distribution specifications). During the 10 years from 2008 to 2018, a total of 24 NDA submissions included the use of PBPK absorption modeling and simulations for biopharmaceutics-related assessment. In these submissions, PBPK absorption modeling and simulation served as an impactful tool in establishing the relationship of critical quality attributes (CQAs) including formulation variables, specifically in vitro dissolution, to the in vivo performance. This article also summarizes common practices in PBPK approaches and proposes future directions for the use of PBPK absorption modeling and simulation in drug product quality assessment.Graphical abstract. FAU - Wu, Fang AU - Wu F AD - Division of Biopharmaceutics, Office of New Drug Products, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA. Fang.Wu@fda.hhs.gov. AD - Division of Quantitative Methods and Modeling, Office of Research and Standard, Office of Generic Drugs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA. Fang.Wu@fda.hhs.gov. FAU - Shah, Heta AU - Shah H AD - Division of Biopharmaceutics, Office of New Drug Products, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA. FAU - Li, Min AU - Li M AD - Division of Biopharmaceutics, Office of New Drug Products, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA. FAU - Duan, Peng AU - Duan P AD - Division of Biopharmaceutics, Office of New Drug Products, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA. FAU - Zhao, Ping AU - Zhao P AD - Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Office of Translational Sciences, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA. AD - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, 98109, USA. FAU - Suarez, Sandra AU - Suarez S AD - Division of Biopharmaceutics, Office of New Drug Products, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA. FAU - Raines, Kimberly AU - Raines K AD - Division of Biopharmaceutics, Office of New Drug Products, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA. FAU - Zhao, Yang AU - Zhao Y AD - Division of Biopharmaceutics, Office of New Drug Products, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA. AD - Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Office of Translational Sciences, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA. FAU - Wang, Meng AU - Wang M AD - Division of Biopharmaceutics, Office of New Drug Products, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA. AD - Office of Generic Drugs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA. FAU - Lin, Ho-Pi AU - Lin HP AD - Division of Biopharmaceutics, Office of New Drug Products, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA. FAU - Duan, John AU - Duan J AD - Division of Biopharmaceutics, Office of New Drug Products, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA. FAU - Yu, Lawrence AU - Yu L AD - Office of New Drug Products, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA. FAU - Seo, Paul AU - Seo P AD - Division of Biopharmaceutics, Office of New Drug Products, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA. Paul.Seo@fda.hhs.gov. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20210222 PL - United States TA - AAPS J JT - The AAPS journal JID - 101223209 SB - IM MH - Chemistry, Pharmaceutical/standards MH - Computer Simulation/standards MH - *Drug Approval MH - Drug Development/*methods/standards MH - Drug Liberation/physiology MH - Gastrointestinal Absorption/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Metabolic Clearance Rate/physiology MH - *Models, Biological MH - Tissue Distribution/physiology MH - United States MH - United States Food and Drug Administration/*standards OTO - NOTNLM OT - biopharmaceutics OT - clinically relevant drug product specifications (CRDPS) OT - dissolution OT - physiologically based pharmacokinetics (PBPK) OT - quality risk assessment EDAT- 2021/02/24 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/09 06:00 CRDT- 2021/02/23 06:17 PHST- 2020/10/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/02/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/02/23 06:17 [entrez] PHST- 2021/02/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/09 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1208/s12248-021-00564-2 [pii] AID - 10.1208/s12248-021-00564-2 [doi] PST - epublish SO - AAPS J. 2021 Feb 22;23(2):31. doi: 10.1208/s12248-021-00564-2.