GMP News - APIs and Excipients

EMA´s HMPC announced the start of several activities relating to regulatory requirements and standards for medical cannabis. Amongst others, the HMPC will establish some basic information regarding existing standard requirements for herbal medicinal products (HMPs).

In the beginning of March 2022, the stimuli document "Measurement Uncertainty Evaluation Relevant to Analytical Instrument and System (AIS) Qualification - The Role of Measurement Uncertainty Concepts within the AIS - PF 48(2)" has been published on the USP Pharmacopeial Forum website for comment.

The EDQM has published a new public document on the relationship between marketing authorisation holders/applicants and CEP holders. Here you can find out which duties and responsibilities a CEP holder has to fulfil towards his clients.

The second version of the "CADIFA Manual for Administrative Procedures" of the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) was published in June 2021 and needs to be followed for API dossiers.

Do active substances for veterinary medicinal products have to fulfil the same GMP requirements for active substances for human medicinal products? This is just one of the new questions in the EMA Q&A document.

A new version of the "Q&A - List for the submission of variations for human medicinal products according to Commission Regulation (EC) 1234/2008" was created in December 2021 and published on the HMA (Heads of Medicines Agencies) website.

To prevent the formation of nitrosamines and establish an effective control strategy, it is necessary to consider all possible risks as comprehensively as possible. A communication from the FDA provides information on the risks that can arise from the formulation of the medicinal product and what needs to be considered when formulating a product.