Asean Common Technical Dossier (ACTD) : The ASEAN Secretariat Jakarta
Asean Common Technical Dossier (ACTD) : The ASEAN Secretariat Jakarta
(ACTD)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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THE ASEAN COMMON TECHNICAL DOSSIER (ACTD)
FOR THE REGISTRATION OF PHARMACEUTICALS
FOR HUMAN USE
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THE ASEAN COMMON TECHNICAL DOSSIER (ACTD) FOR THE
REGISTRATION OF PHARMACEUTICALS FOR HUMAN USE
PREAMBLE
This ASEAN Common Technical Dossier (ACTD) is a guideline of the agreed upon common
format for the preparation of a well-structured Common Technical Dossier (CTD) application
that will be submitted to ASEAN regulatory authorities for the registration of pharmaceuticals
and biologics for human use. Although the current ASEAN Common Technical Requirements
(ACTR) has not included specific requirements for biosimilar products, the ACTD format is
also applicable for biosimilar products. This guideline describes a CTD format that will
significantly reduce the time and resources needed to compile applications for registration and
in the future, will ease the preparation of electronic documental submissions. Regulatory
reviews and communication with the applicant will be facilitated by a standard document of
common elements.
This guideline merely demonstrates an appropriate write-up format for acquired data. However,
applicants can modify, if needed, to provide the best possible presentation of the technical
information, in order to facilitate the understanding and evaluation of the results upon
pharmaceutical registration.
Throughout the ACTD, the display of information should be unambiguous and transparent, in
order to facilitate the review of the basic data and to help a reviewer become quickly oriented
to the application contents. Text and tables should be prepared using margins that allow the
document to be printed on either A4 or 8.5ʹʹ x 11ʹʹ paper. The left-hand margin should be
sufficiently large that information is not obscured by the method of binding.
Font and size, (Times New Roman, 12-point font), for text and tables should be of a style and
size that are large enough to be easily legible, even after photocopying. Every page should be
numbered, with the first page of each part designated as page 1. For a paper, Common
Technical Acronyms and abbreviations should be defined the first time they are used in each
part. References should be cited in accordance with the 1979 Vancouver Declaration on
Uniform requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals.
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Part II. Quality Document
Part II should provide the Quality Overall Summary followed by the Body of Data. The quality
control document should be described in detail as much as possible.
The overall organisation of the Common Technical Dossier is presented on the following in
Parts:
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4. Toxicology
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