As announced in a press release end of October, the
International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) will "collaborate with
accredited Standards Development Organisations (SDOs) to leverage the
development of technical standards for ICH e-Initiatives."
By collaborating the organisation expects that more non-ICH countries will
implement its standards, making them global standards. This would result
in more efficient processes and worldwide more uniform drug development
requirements.
With the goal of harmonising submissions globally, the ICH also reports
that chemical and biotech quality experts met to identify areas in
pharmaceutical quality which need to be addressed across all products at
the ICH level. Further discussions are planned for the next ICH meeting,
scheduled for May 2007.
The complete ICH release can be found in the Internet at
http://www.ich.org/LOB/media/MEDIA3361.pdf
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