One of the objectives of Good Distribution Practice (GDP) and an important aspect for distributors of medicinal products is preventing falsified medicines entering the legal supply chain. In this context, a new post, entitled "Too good to be true? How to play your part in protecting the UK medicines supply chain" has been published on the MHRA Inspectorate blog.
In October 2020, the ECA Academy offered the Live Online Training "The GDP Compliance Manager". During the Q&A sessions, many interesting questions were posed to the speakers' team. The European GDP Association has answered these questions and combined them in a Q&A document.
Im Oktober 2020 hat die ECA Academy das Live-Online-Training "Der GDP Compliance Manager" angeboten. Während der Q&A-Sessions wurden viele interessante Fragen an das Referententeam gestellt. Die European GDP Association hat diese Fragen beantwortet und in einem Q&A-Dokument zusammengefasst.
Die European GDP Association, die rund 3.500 Fachleute aus der ganzen Welt vertritt, hat ihren Vorstand erweitert. Alfred Hunt wurde eingeladen, dem Advisory Board beizutreten und hat die Rolle als stellvertretender Vorsitzender übernommen.
In a recently published ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decided that a medicinal product not subject to medical prescription in one Member State may not automatically be placed on the market in another Member State. Rather, the medicinal product may only be placed on the market in a Member State if the competent authority of that Member State or the EU Commission has granted its marketing authorisation.
Last year, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) published a guidance called "Acting as a Responsible Person (import) ". The guidance describes the role of the Responsible Person (import) (RPi) and how to become a RPi. This guidance was now updated, listing extensive qualification requirements for RPi's.
The European GDP Association, representing about 3.500 professionals from across the globe, has extended its Board. Alfred Hunt was invited to join the Advisory Board and accepted to take over the role as a Deputy Chair.
Parallel distribution is defined as the distribution of a centrally authorised medicinal product from one Member State to another by a pharmaceutical company independent of the marketing-authorisation holder. In this context, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recently published a new comprehensive Q&A document containing answers to the most common questions.
In October 2020, the ECA Academy offered the Live Online Training "The GDP Compliance Manager". During the Q&A sessions, many interesting questions were posed to the speakers' team. The ECA would like to share a selection of these Q&As sorted by topic. Part 5 deals with questions related to deviations.
The European Commission has published Version 18b of the "Questions & Answers" on safety features. In particular the update took into account the new ISO standard for Packaging Tamper verification features.
