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The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MRHA) is reminding drugmakers they must report all defects in medicinal products that could lead to a recall immediately upon discovery and provide regular updates on internal investigations into the defects. Read More
Novartis is recalling more than 200 lots of OTC cold and flu drugs distributed in seven countries — a massive market correction by the company beset with quality problems at its OTC plants since 2012. Read More
The FDA wants IND sponsors to stop the practice of routinely using age limits as exclusion criteria for clinical trials and increase the number of patients with multiple chronic conditions included in drug studies. Read More
The FDA on Feb. 1 will begin sending status updates to all drugmakers with pending ANDAs to allow them to better estimate when their products can launch. Read More
GlaxoSmithKline has halted global shipments of two chickenpox vaccines after a manufacturing problem in late November caused some batches to fail to meet release criteria and standards, the British drugmaker said Tuesday. Read More
Ranbaxy’s regulatory woes deepened Jan. 23 as the FDA prohibited the drugmaker’s Toansa, India, plant from manufacturing and distributing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for U.S. products after a poor inspection. Read More
Japan’s national drug regulator has asked drugmakers to submit information on stability monitoring and water purity, in addition to existing requirements, when they apply for mandatory post-approval GMP inspections. Read More
Pharma companies applying for approval to sell drugs in Canada must submit quality summary documents, certifications of their products’ comparability with monographs of the European Pharmacopoeia and detailed drug master files that comply with the International Conference on Harmonisation’s registration for human use quality standards. Read More