EMA Reports Sharp Reduction In EU GMP Inspections Last Year

EU health authorities inspected fewer drug manufacturing facilities under Europe’s centralized procedure in 2017 thanks to last year’s US/EU mutual recognition agreement, according to a 2017 annual report from the European Medicines Agency. They also found fewer GMP problems at the facilities they did inspect.

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European health authorities are conducting fewer good manufacturing practice inspections at facilities regulated under the EU’s centralized marketing procedure thanks to a recent US/EU mutual recognition agreement on drug GMP inspections, according to the European Medicines Agency’s 2017 annual report.

The report, issued on May 2, said that after an increase every year, the number of GMP inspections dropped...

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