GMP News - Regulatory Affairs

Despite being forbidden as food additive titanium dioxide may still be used provisionally in medicinal products. But the EMA appeals to the pharmaceutical companies to seek intensively for alternative excipients and has published a new questions and answers document to provide assistance. Read here what marketing authorisation holders and applicants have to observe when replacing titanium dioxide or developing new formulations for medicinal products with alternative excipients.

The electronic application forms for submission of variations (eAFs) for medicinal products for human and veterinary use were updated in June and are listed in the latest versions on EMA's eSubmission website.

The EMA and CMDh question and answer collection on nitrosamine impurities in APIs and medicinal products is a "living" document that is updated at irregular but short notice intervals. You can find out here which current requirements and changes with regard to nitrosamine impurity limits, risk assessments and reporting obligations are important for marketing authorisation holders.

The German BfArM now clarified for medical Cannabis Manufacturers: A valid GMP certificate must be included with the drying step.

Before approving an application, the FDA must determine whether the drug product is both safe and effective for use. A new draft guidance describes the FDA principles when conducting product quality-related assessments of CMC information.

Already in April 2022, the "Frequently asked questions about parallel distribution" were revised and published on the EMA website - as already reported recently. Now, the Q&As have been updated again and supplemented.

The European Commission published an updated version of the Questions & Answers document relating to the EU Clinical Trials Regulation. What are the GMP consequences of switching the regulatory framework applicable to a clinical trial?