Australia Prioritizes GMP-Compliant Manufacturers For Shorter Inspections

The TGA says that introducing shorter full-scope inspections will allow it to reduce the backlog while maintaining regulatory oversight and reducing business disruption caused by delays to re-inspections.

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Shorter inspections should help to reduce Australia's backlog • Source: Shutterstock

Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration is to begin carrying out shorter good manufacturing practice (GMP) “surveillance inspections” in an effort to tackle the backlog of inspections that built up as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new risk-based arrangements, which are expected to be in place for up to two years, will apply to inspections...

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