A suite of pharmaceutical inspection measures stripped from the user fee renewal legislation were added to the US FY 2023 spending law, including provisions for new inspection priorities, remote alternatives, mutual reliance, internal FDA coordination and unannounced foreign inspections.
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US Food and Drug Administration drug manufacturing inspection reforms stripped from user fee legislation reappeared in the fiscal year 2023 appropriations bill that President Biden signed into law 29 December.
The US FDA Commissioner pushed for a rebalancing of the US’s pharmaceutical supply chains while also stressing that there is a role for US-China commerce that would be risky to compromise.
The UK regulator approved 16 medicines containing a new active substance in the first half of this year, while the European Commission issued marketing authorizations for 20 NAS-containing drugs.
Joint clinical assessment reports must be descriptive rather than reach definitive conclusions, and must not interfere with national decision making processes, according to new EU guidance.
Joint clinical assessment reports must be descriptive rather than reach definitive conclusions, and must not interfere with national decision making processes, according to new EU guidance.