GMP News Drug Safety/Pharmacovigilance

The EMA published information extracted from the Article 57 database (xEVMPD) in the form of an Excel document. The file contains a complete list of all medicines authorized in the EEA with marketing authorization holders' dedicated contact details for pharmacovigilance enquiries.

The FDA published two new draft guidelines on Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for sponsors of clinical trials. Read more about the draft documents on developing a shared system REMS, and waivers associated with the single, shared system REMS requirement.

The final "Detailed Commission guidelines on GMP for IMPs for human use" have been published in Annex 13 of the EU GMP-Guidelines. What has changed in comparison to the previous Annex 13 in regard to complaints and recalls?

The EMA recently revised its post-authorization procedural advice for users of the centralized procedure. Read more about new and revised Q&A´s concerning Periodic Safety Update Reports (PSURs).