Saudi Arabia has started the application process to join the Pharmaceutical Inspection Cooperation Scheme, while bids from Belarus, Chile, Brazil, Iran, Mexico, Turkey and other countries are wending their way through the PIC/S application procedure.
Saudi Arabia has become the latest country to make a bid to join the Pharmaceutical Inspection Cooperation Scheme (PIC/S), which currently involves 49 authorities from 46 countries working to harmonize manufacturing inspection procedures worldwide.
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority has applied for PIC/S pre-accession, the first part of a two-stage application procedure for...
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To help sponsors developing candidate mpox vaccines, the World Health Organization will soon be finalizing guidance on the preferred and minimum characteristics these products must satisfy regarding efficacy, dose regimen and other aspects to secure regulatory approval.
The WHO’s emergency committee has warned of a lack of understanding of the epidemiology of mpox, the limited availability of vaccines, and the complexities of donations and procurement.
An ongoing collaborative initiative involving global regulators assessing post-approval manufacturing changes has highlighted the need to establish a standardized platform that can facilitate the submission and regulatory evaluation of such changes.
A new research ethics review system for multi-site clinical trials in Canada is expected to help improve study start-up times, avoid unnecessary duplication and boost the country’s competitiveness on a global stage.
With the deadline for comments on the US FDA’s draft guidance less than a month away, the Pink Sheet offers an infographic outlining what the agency is expecting in diversity action plans and when that might be implemented.
