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Description of the Figure 6: Sample Folder Structure for DMF Type IV – Drug Product

Figure 6 displays the sample module 1 to 3 folder structure requirements for a Drug Master File Type IV regulatory activity. The Dossier Identifier should be "HC6-24-" followed by a letter and seven numbers.

  • Followed by, subfolder:
  • Sub-Subfolders:
    • 1.0 Correspondence
      • 1.0.1 Cover Letter
      • 1.0.3 Copy of Health Canada Issued Correspondence
      • 1.0.4 Health Canada Solicited Information
      • 1.0.7 General Note to Reviewer
    • 1.1 Table of Contents
    • 1.2 Administrative Information
      • 1.2.1 Application Form
      • 1.2.2 Fee FormsFootnote 2
      • 1.2.3 Certification and Attestation Forms
      • 1.2.5 Compliance and Site Information
      • 1.2.6 Authorization for Sharing Information
      • 1.2.7 International Information
      • 1.2.9 Other Administration Information
    • 1.3 Product Information
      • 1.3.6 Certified Product Information Document
  • Subfolder:
    • m2
  • Sub-subfolder:
  • Subfolder:
    • m3
  • Sub-subfolders:
    • 3.1 Table of Contents of Module 3
    • 3.2 Body of Data
      • 3.2.P Drug Product (AP)
        • 3.2.P.1 Description and Composition of Drug Product
        • 3.2.P.2 Pharmaceutical Development
        • 3.2.P.3 Manufacture
        • 3.2.P.4 Control of Excipients
        • 3.2.P.5 Control do Drug Product
        • 3.2.P.6 Reference Standards or Materials
        • 3.2.P.7 Container Closer System
        • 3.2.P.8 Stability
      • 3.2.P Drug Product (RP)
        • 3.2.P.1 Description and Composition of Drug Product
        • 3.2.P.2 Pharmaceutical Development
        • 3.2.P.3 Manufacture
        • 3.2.P.4 Control of Excipients
        • 3.2.P.5 Control do Drug Product
      • 3.2.A AppendicesFootnote 1
        • 3.2.A.1 Facilities and Equipment
        • 3.2.A.2 Adventitious Agents Safety Evaluation
        • 3.2.A.3 Excipients
      • 3.2.R Regional InformationFootnote 1
        • 3.2.R.1 Production Documentation

Footnotes

Footnote 1

All documents in this folder will be considered as Restricted Part (RP) of the DMF.

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Footnote 2

Companies must ensure that no credit card, wire or cheque payment information is included with electronic data. The document that contains the credit card, wire or cheque payment information should be provided in paper only with the cover letter and the CD.

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Footnote 3

Two separate documents should be included in the folder "2.3 Quality Overall Summary", a "QOS (RP)" and a "QOS (AP)" files.

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