PDA’s newest technical report Process Validation: A Lifecycle Approach presents timely and real world guidance for the application of a lifecycle approach to process validation. The lifecycle approach has been the focus of recent process validation guidance from major regulatory agencies and represents a significant change in expectations in this area. This new technical report, part of the PCMOsm initiative, will review requirements for process validation studies across the three-stage approach defined by FDA and also discuss best practices for integration with supporting Quality Systems.