The MHRA GPvP inspectorate recently published their latest inspection metrics for the period of April 2014 to March 2015. The full metrics report is available on GOV.UK. The report concludes that in the period April 2014 to March 2015, MHRA conducted a …
Back in October I attended, with MHRA colleagues, the PIC/S (Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme) committee meeting and annual seminar that was this year hosted by the Indonesian National Agency for Drug and Food Control (NADFC). In the new year I'll …
The MHRA Inspectorate receives several hundred enquiries via email each year. Answering queries is one of the key ways we support industry. It provides reassurance to our stakeholders, aiding them in their decision-making processes, helping to ensure they don’t fall …
Joiners and leavers Those of you that have contacted the Defective Medicines Report Centre (DMRC) recently may have encountered some new names – I started as manager of the DMRC team in early April, joining Christine Cox and Alison Bunce. Also …
We've had a number of instances where licensed versions of commonly supplied unlicensed medicines have become available. We want to remind stakeholders what to do if this happens. Recent examples of newly licensed products of this nature include fomicyt, 40mg/ml fosfomycin …
I am pleased to share the news that the UK Good Laboratory Practice Monitoring Authority's (UK GLPMA) guidance on the implementation and maintenance of a risk-based GLP quality assurance (QA) programme has been published. The GLPMA have for some time recognised there …
Data integrity is fundamental in a pharmaceutical quality system which ensures that medicines are of the required quality. A robust data governance approach will ensure that data is complete, consistent and accurate, irrespective of the format in which data is …
MHRA has now published 7 case studies highlighting the work of our Innovation Office and showing how we help organisations that are developing innovative medicines, medical devices or using novel manufacturing processes to effectively navigate regulatory processes, so they can progress their products …
The launch of the new integrated British Pharmacopoeia website this week presents a great opportunity to explore this other group within the Inspection, Enforcement & Standards Division of MHRA. The British Pharmacopoeia (BP) makes an important contribution to the role of MHRA …
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has embarked on a recent initiative to evaluate the feasibility of conducting stand-alone inspections of pharmacovigilance contract service providers. In July 2003 MHRA introduced a statutory pharmacovigilance inspection programme of marketing authorisation …
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