Mexico, Turkey and Iran will start participating in the international Pharmaceutical Inspection Cooperation Scheme as of January 2018. Meanwhile, Russia has become the latest country to apply to join the scheme.
Drug regulators from Mexico, Turkey and Iran are to become the newest members of the Pharmaceutical Inspection Cooperation Scheme (PIC/S), which currently involves 49 authorities from 46 countries working to harmonize manufacturing inspection procedures worldwide.
Mexico’s agency COFEPRIS, the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency and Iran’s Food and Drug Administration will start to participate...
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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With the deadline for comments on the US FDA’s draft guidance less than a month away, the Pink Sheet offers an infographic outlining what the agency is expecting in diversity action plans and when that might be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.
