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Root Cause Investigation: Resolving Chronic OOS Results with Multivariate Analysis

100%
Root cause substantiated
Scientifically documented
5
Products protected from similar risk
Across product family
$4.2M
In avoided batch rejections
Annual cost savings
6 wks
Investigation closed
After 18 months open

The Challenge

A specialty pharmaceutical company struggled to identify the root cause behind a persistent series of out-of-specification (OOS) batch results. Previous internal investigations had failed to substantiate a root cause, putting product supply at risk.

Our Solution

Light Pharma applied its proprietary investigation tools and multivariate data analysis to resolve the issue definitively, identifying interactions between process parameters that traditional univariate analysis had missed.

Our Approach

1

Historical data compilation and analysis across 200+ batches

2

Fishbone analysis and systematic hypothesis development

3

Multivariate statistical investigation identifying parameter interactions

4

Root cause documentation and regulatory-ready reporting

Results

100%
Root cause substantiated
Scientifically documented
5
Products protected from similar risk
Across product family
$4.2M
In avoided batch rejections
Annual cost savings
6 wks
Investigation closed
After 18 months open

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