02/28/2023
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On February 16, 2023, the European Parliament voted to adopt the European Commission’ proposal to extend the MDR transition period and to extend some device certificates.
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On July 7, 2025, the European Union (EU) Commission and Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PIC/S) published an updated draft of Annex 11: Computerised Systems, a supplementary guideline that is part of the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP). Although it is GMP focused, the guiding principles of the annex can also be applied to other GxP standards.
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In July, 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to an investigator conducting a clinical trial for pediatric participants. The warning letter was the result of a routine inspection part of the FDA’s Bioresearch Monitoring Program (BIMO) as well as the investigator’s written response to the Form FDA 483.
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On August 27, 2025, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) released a Draft International Standard (DIS) for the ISO 9001:2026 Quality Management Systems (QMS) to ISO member bodies for a twelve-week review and ballot period. The goal of ISO 9001 is to help organizations create and maintain consistency of their products or services and seeks to improve and refine their internal processes and procedures to increase efficiency.
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On March 25, 2025 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to the sponsor-investigator of a study due to objectionable conditions observed during a Bioresearch Monitoring (BIMO) Program inspection. The sponsor-investigator’s written response to the FDA Form 483 were deemed inadequate therefore the FDA issued a warning letter stating that the sponsor-investigator was noncompliant with multiple regulations within 21 CFR part 312.
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On April 30th, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter and Form FDA 483 to the sponsor of a clinical investigation as the result of a Bioresearch Monitoring Program (BIMO) inspection. 40 participants were enrolled in the study and took the investigational product that the sponsor claims was to help individuals with sleeping disorders without submitting an Investigational New Drug (IND) application.
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On February 16, 2023, the European Parliament voted to adopt the European Commission’ proposal to extend the MDR transition period and to extend some device certificates.
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) Good Manufacturing Practice Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) webpage offers guidance on good manufacturing practice (GMP) and good distribution practice (GDP). Previous revisions in February and October 2022 were relating to veterinary medicinal products.
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) Good Clinical Practice Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) webpage offers guidance on GCP and is updated regularly as additional questions are received. Several of the questions were previously revised in March 2022.
Under section “GCP matters”, questions 16 and 17 were added in late 2022. Question 16 was covered in an earlier blog HERE.
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Beginning January 31, 2023, the Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS) is required for all new clinical trial applications that are applicable to the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR) (Regulation (EU) No 536/2014) entered into application January 31, 2022, which also launched the CTIS.
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The ICH Q9(R1) international guideline on Quality Risk Management reached step 4 on January 18, 2023. Step 4 is when the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) Regulatory Members of the ICH Assembly have adopted the guideline as a harmonized guideline.