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DSM — Marketing Authorisation Dossier

Sixteen authoring and review activities for a Common Technical Document submission in module order, partitioning into a safety-summary, clinical-overview, risk-plan and labelling loop plus a quality and bioequivalence pair.

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Marketing authorisation dossier — CTD authoring dependenciesProcess DSM · IR/FAD — read across a row for that element's inputs; marks above the diagonal are feedback.As declared222323332323323223222322Target product profile1Quality module 32Nonclinical overview3Clinical study reports4Integrated summary of s…5Integrated summary of e…6Clinical overview7Risk management plan8Paediatric investigatio…9Labelling and SmPC10Patient information lea…11Environmental risk asse…12Bioequivalence bridging13Module 2 quality summary14Health authority meetin…15Submission assembly16Target product profileQuality module 3Nonclinical overviewClinical study reportsIntegrated summary of s…Integrated summary of e…Clinical overviewRisk management planPaediatric investigatio…Labelling and SmPCPatient information lea…Environmental risk asse…Bioequivalence bridgingModule 2 quality summaryHealth authority meetin…Submission assemblyPartitioned sequence22232333232332322322232212Target product profile1Clinical study reports2Quality module 33Bioequivalence bridging4Integrated summary of e…5Environmental risk asse…6Module 2 quality summary7Nonclinical overview8Integrated summary of s…9Clinical overview10Risk management plan11Labelling and SmPC12Paediatric investigatio…13Patient information lea…14Health authority meetin…15Submission assembly16Target product profileClinical study reportsQuality module 3Bioequivalence bridgingIntegrated summary of e…Environmental risk asse…Module 2 quality summaryNonclinical overviewIntegrated summary of s…Clinical overviewRisk management planLabelling and SmPCPaediatric investigatio…Patient information lea…Health authority meetin…Submission assemblyinout031424221111222122322433211130404 feedback marks reduced to 3 across 2 iteration blocks.16 activities · 31 dependency marks · density 13% · 8 sequenced stages · largest block 4Sequence runs top-left to bottom-right; 3 remaining feedback marks sit inside the boxed blocks.Highest fan-out: Quality module 3 (feeds 4) · highest fan-in: Submission assembly (needs 4)Block 1 · positions 3–4 · Quality module 3, Bioequivalence bridgingBlock 2 · positions 9–12 · Integrated summary of safety, Clinical overview, Risk management plan, Labelling and SmPCdependencystrength 3feedback (rework)iteration blockdiagonal (self)

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title "Marketing authorisation dossier — CTD authoring dependencies"
mode process
convention ir-fad

activities: Target product profile, Quality module 3, Nonclinical overview, Clinical study reports
activities: Integrated summary of safety, Integrated summary of efficacy, Clinical overview
activities: Risk management plan, Paediatric investigation plan, Labelling and SmPC
activities: Patient information leaflet, Environmental risk assessment, Bioequivalence bridging
activities: Module 2 quality summary, Health authority meeting pack, Submission assembly

Quality module 3            <- Target product profile(2), Bioequivalence bridging(2)
Nonclinical overview        <- Target product profile, Environmental risk assessment
Clinical study reports      <- Target product profile(2)
Integrated summary of safety   <- Clinical study reports(3), Risk management plan(2)
Integrated summary of efficacy <- Clinical study reports(3)
Clinical overview           <- Integrated summary of safety(3), Integrated summary of efficacy(3), Nonclinical overview(2)
Risk management plan        <- Integrated summary of safety(3), Labelling and SmPC(2)
Labelling and SmPC          <- Clinical overview(3), Risk management plan(3), Quality module 3(2)
Patient information leaflet <- Labelling and SmPC(3)
Paediatric investigation plan <- Clinical study reports(2), Risk management plan
Bioequivalence bridging     <- Quality module 3(2), Clinical study reports
Module 2 quality summary    <- Quality module 3(3), Bioequivalence bridging(2)
Health authority meeting pack <- Clinical overview(2), Risk management plan(2), Module 2 quality summary
Submission assembly         <- Labelling and SmPC(3), Module 2 quality summary(2), Patient information leaflet(2), Paediatric investigation plan
Environmental risk assessment <- Quality module 3