- Before
- Signs sections for submission only after rechecking the tables against certificates herself, in the weeks before content lock.
- Now
- Opens a section with its number check, its technical review and every source one click away, and signs for submission when the check is clean.
One batch analyses section, from flagged to signed
The Veltrimab BLA locks content on Oct 30. Section 3.2.P.5.4 Batch analyses is drafted and technically reviewed — but the number check has found two problems. Here is what happens next, screen by screen, in the working solution.
- 01Morning
Three filings, one screen
Dr. Maya Chen · Regulatory CMC leadMaya opens the solution and sees Module 3 for three open filings: the Veltrimab BLA at 34 of 45 sections approved with content lock in 23 days, the Veltrimab MAA at 14 of 45, and a Corventa new-site supplement at 1 of 12. 3,912 numbers in the BLA are linked to a source, and 7 fixes stand between it and the lock.
Agents at work: “Change tracker found 4 places that quote the old pH limit in 3 sections.”
- 02Opened
3.2.P.5.4 Batch analyses — 94 of 96 numbers match
Dr. Maya Chen · Regulatory CMC leadPriya Raman wrote the section; Sam Patel signed the technical review on Oct 6, subject to the number check. The Number checker read all 96 numbers in 38 seconds. Two do not match their sources, and Approve and sign stays greyed out until they do.
“2 numbers to fix before approval. Click a highlighted number to see its source.”
- 03Finding 1
A range pasted from another product
Number checkerThe text says SE-HPLC monomer ranged from 98.6% to 99.4%. The lowest result in the table is 98.3%, for PPQ batch VLT-DP-26P02. The Prior filing tab shows where the 98.6% came from: the approved Corventa 3.2.P.5.4 text, reused at 91% with every change marked, and pasted in on Oct 6.
Finding: “Range does not match the table.”
- 04Finding 2
A raw LIMS value instead of the certified result
Number checkerIn Table 3.2.P.5.4-2, pH for VLT-DP-26P03 shows 6.15 from the LIMS export. The certificate of analysis, open beside the draft, reports 6.2 — and house style 4.2 reports results to the specification’s decimals. A third item is only a note: certificate VLT-DP-25A02 moved to revision 2 on Sep 22, results unchanged, and the citations already point to it.
- 05Two clicks
Fixes proposed by the agent, applied by a person
Dr. Maya Chen · Regulatory CMC leadEach finding carries its fix: “Use 98.3%” and “Use 6.2”. Maya applies both. The check turns clean — 96 of 96 numbers match their sources — and the remaining checks still hold: limits match 3.2.P.5.1 at specification version 4, units match the certificates, batch numbers and dates match the LIMS export.
“All numbers match their sources — ready for approval.”
- 06Signed · Oct 7, 09:14
Approved for submission, with an electronic signature
Dr. Maya Chen · Regulatory CMC leadThe signing screen shows the section, the filing, version 0.4, 96 of 96 numbers matched and Sam’s technical review. Maya picks the meaning of her signature — “Approved for submission” — enters her password and confirms she reviewed the section, its number check and its sources. The signature is bound to version 0.4, and the activity trail records both fixes and the signature.
“Signed — 3.2.P.5.4 approved · added to the audit trail”
- 07Same morning
The stability summary, drafted from the 24-month data
The agentsThe 24-month interim stability report STB-DP-031 was released on Oct 5, so 3.2.P.8.1 can be drafted now. The Source reader finds it, the Data extractor reads 1,326 results for 3 batches and 2 conditions, the Section drafter starts from the approved Corventa 3.2.P.8.1 text and writes four paragraphs, a monomer trend figure and a stability table. The Number checker checks 46 numbers: all match. The section goes to Lena Ortiz for technical review.
Proposed shelf life: 24 months at 2 – 8 °C, protected from light — the drafter never claims a shelf life the data do not support.
- 08A specification changed
Every place the old pH limit is still quoted
Change trackerSpecification SPC-VLT-DP-004 version 4, effective Sep 29, narrowed pH from 5.8 – 6.4 to 5.9 – 6.3 under change control CC-2026-118. “Where used” lists six places across both Veltrimab filings: three are current, three still quote 5.8 – 6.4 — 3.2.P.5.6 and the Quality overall summary in the BLA, 3.2.P.5.1 in the MAA.
“The Change tracker can draft the update in each, for the author to confirm.”
- 09Update drafted
The change, shown where it lands
Change tracker3.2.P.5.6 Justification of specification(s) opens with the reason: the section still quotes the version 3 limit in 2 places, in the text and in Table 3.2.P.5.6-1. Both are listed as 5.8 – 6.4 → 5.9 – 6.3, with the change history on the specification page beside the draft. One click on “Apply 2 updates” puts them in; the section then goes back through the number check before anyone signs.
- 10Every week
How fast sections move, and what the checks catch
Dr. Maya Chen · Regulatory CMC leadSections drafted by agents and by hand each week, writing time per section type, what the Number checker caught — copied or typed wrong, decimals or rounding, superseded source, range not matching the table, units, summary out of sync — and readiness by filing against each content lock.