OEL considerations on an API and an intermediate
Client
A pharmaceutical developer.
Background
Bibra was asked to consider whether an occupational exposure limit (OEL) for workers exposed to an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) should be revised, and to derive a new OEL for a structurally-related chemical intermediate.
Project goals
To identify and review toxicity data on both the API and its intermediate, and (if data gaps were identified) to evaluate the suitability of using read-across from one compound to the other. These data were then used in conjunction with current European guidance to inform on OELs for both the API and its intermediate.
Approach
Bibra was provided with a number of primary study reports on both the API and the intermediate. Comprehensive literature searches identified further laboratory data on the API. A comparison of the chemical structures of both compounds (including a consideration of structure-activity relationships (SARs)) indicated that toxicity data on the API should also be relevant to the intermediate for data-gap filling.
Project outcome
Bibra was able to revise the current systemic OEL for the API, and to use this value to derive a systemic OEL for the structurally-related intermediate.
Bibra project team
Beth O’Connell
Anne Edwards
James Hopkins
Pharmaceuticals
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