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New template for responses in DC procedures
21 March 2022
The CMDh has approved a new template for applicants to provide their responses during DC procedures The CMDh guidance document “Applicant’s Response document in Mutual Recognition and Decentralised Procedures for Marketing Authorisation Applications” has been updated to reflect the use of the new template. According to chapter “Presentation / content of the Response document” – the applicant should use the […]
Preparing a medical part of registration dossier – how not to go mad?
09 March 2022
Introducing a medicinal product on the market is a challenge. All these tests, exhausting hours in the laboratory, demanding studies, and when finally the success is on the horizon, it comes a day to prepare medical part* of a dossier. So you open the most important book of medical writers “Notice to Applicants, volume 2B” and … feel stumped. So many Modules, sections and […]
Periodic safety update report (PSUR) – essential facts that you should know
16 February 2022
What is a Periodic safety update report (PSUR)? Periodic safety update report (PSUR) is a pharmacovigilance document intended to provide a critical, comprehensive evaluation of the risk-benefit balance of a medicinal product. For the purposes of lifecycle benefit-risk management, it is crucial to continue evaluating the risks and benefits of a medicinal product in everyday practice and long term use in the post-authorisation phase. […]
Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council
28 January 2022
On 28 January 2022, ‘Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council, repealing Directive 2001/82/EU’, comes into force. It introduces rules for the authorisation, use and control of veterinary medicinal products. The definition of veterinary medicinal products As defined in Regulation 2019/6, veterinary medicinal products are every substance intended for animals and used for the […]
The quality data of medicinal products in the registration dossier
19 January 2022
Module 3 is a part of the Common Technical Document (CTD) that contains all the quality data needed to the registration of a human medicinal product. The CTD is a special documentation format used for the submission of registration information of medicinal products to regulatory authorities. In 2003, it became required for all medicinal product submissions in the EU, Japan and recommended […]
Medical Device Regulation – Regulatory aspects
23 November 2021
You’ve probably heard that after years of discussion, the European Medical Devices Regulation has been reviewed and was adopted on May 2017. Therefore the safety, quality and performance of medical devices destined for the EU market are now subject to new, more rigorous regulations that have entered into force. New regulation on medical devices – key aspects Medical Device Regulation […]
OTC status – what is it all about?
09 November 2021
In general, medicinal products can be bought on prescription or over the counter (OTC). Many products introduced on prescription in the past, now are freely available without it. If you have in the portfolio prescription medicines, maybe it is time to consider whether they could be reclassified. OTC switch could be a time-consuming procedure, not in all cases possible, but worth considering if the safety data about […]
ATMP in the EU Guidelines – Regulatory Roadmap
13 October 2021
Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) represent a fast-growing field of therapies consisting of cellular or genetic components that revolutionize the treatment approach of many previously incurable diseases. This field has attracted significant attention in recent years. Moreover, it is expected that the number of new developed and authorised ATMPs is going to increase significantly over the next few […]
Pharmacovigilance Inspections – Key Points That You Should Know
14 September 2021
Pharmaceutical industry, and more particularly pharmacovigilance process, is strictly controlled field in terms of having many regulations and laws established by health authorities with rigid timelines to follow. To ensure that requirements for monitoring the drug safety are met, it is mandatory for Marketing Authorization Holders’ (MAH) pharmacovigilance systems (PV systems) to be audited by internal and external auditors and also by inspectors […]
How CMDh helps Marketing Authorisation Holders to facilitate regulatory procedures during the COVID-19 crisis?
17 August 2021
The SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic has undoubtedly affected various areas of our lives, not only our private lives and interpersonal contacts, but it has also firmly affected the areas of lives directly related to work and career. Even pharmaceutical industry directly connected with medicinal products production and responsible for medicinal products marketing was strongly affected by COVID-19 pandemic […]
Registration of medicinal products – how to choose the right type of application?
02 July 2021
Anyone, who has even a little experience with pharmaceutical industry, probably knows that the development and registration of medicinal products is a complex, expensive and time-consuming process. One of the main sources of expenses and risks in this endeavour are clinical trials. High costs of clinical trials are well known – according to Wouters et al. (2020) [1] clinical development of […]
Why is pharmacovigilance needed in your company?
30 June 2021
If you run a pharmaceutical company with the investigational or authorised medicinal products you must have heard about pharmacovigilance (PV). As legal obligation is imposed on any Marketing Authorisation Holder (MAH), continuous actions of pharmacovigilance process are required to ensure products’ safety. So why is pharmacovigilance process so important and how can we help you? Pharmacovigilance is a key element of drug […]