A question that gets frequently asked is what GMP-compliant equipment design is or how a system has to be made up in order to be GMP compliant and suitable for the manufacturing of medicinal products / APIs. The short answer is: the system must be qualifiable. Since this require some clarification, here
Health Canada has proposed a regulatory pathway for a new class of cannabis products known as Cannabis Health Products (CHPs). On June 19, 2019, Health Canada started a consultation on potential market for CHPs that would not require a practitioner’s oversight. Health Canada are accepting comments until September 3, 2019. There is
In 2011, the European Commission (EC) published Directive 2011/62/EC, the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD). The main objective was to support the fight against counterfeit medicines. The new Directive had a big influence on the pharmaceutical supply chain. It introduced numerous Delegated Acts requiring certain safety features (Unique Identifier and Anti-Tampering Device), had
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) have released a draft guideline on the quality requirements for medical devices in human medicines that include a medical device, known as drug-device combinations, for a 3-month public consultation. This guideline provides guidance on the documentation expected for Drug-Device Combinations in the quality part of the dossier
Medicinal cannabis is being made available under a pilot programme. The pilot programme which allows access to cannabis-based products for medical use has been launched by the Minister for Health, Simon Harris. Legislation giving the go ahead for the Medical Cannabis Access Programme to operate in Ireland was signed yesterday by Simon
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Tuesday that Luxembourg and The Netherlands have now joined the mutual recognition agreement for Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) inspections between the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and EU member states. This announcement comes six months after Cyprus and Bulgaria joined the agreement. The MRA,
MIAS Pharma Limited, your European Partner, provides contract QP services to enable you to import and QP Release human medicinal products into Europe in a compliant manner. Watch our CEO, Ann McGee, provide a high-level overview of our service offering. If you would like to get in touch
With the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) between Europe and the USA, inspections are to be mutually recognised in the future. The Food & Drug Association (FDA) approval of EU member states continue to proceed successively. Two more countries have recently been approved, they are Bulgaria and Cyprus. That means there is now
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) protects patients to ensure they are safe. The EMA accesses, supervises and monitor medicines before they can appear in hospitals and pharmacies. The agency monitors information on side effects reports from doctors, pharmacists, patients, new clinical studies and new scientific publications. This data will be reviewed by
The EudraVigilance database is used for the Europe-wide registration and analysis of adverse reactions to medicinal products authorized within the EU. EudraVigilance is the system for managing and analysing information on suspected adverse reactions to medicines which have been authorised or being studied in clinical trials in the European Economic Area (EEA).
