EMA’s Revised Guide On Additional Risk Minimization ‘Overly Detailed’

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Executive Summary: The European pharma industry federation believes the advice provided in the updated draft EU guideline on additional risk minimization measures is far too detailed, resulting in a lack of focus, information overlap and confusion.

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Some sections of the European Medicines Agency’s revised pharmacovigilance guideline on additional risk minimization measures are “overly detailed” and their implementation could result in confusion, the EU pharmaceutical industry federation EFPIA has stated in its written feedback to the agency.

The updated draft guideline (GVP Module XVI) was issued for stakeholder consultation earlier this year. It included “pages and pages”...

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