Although still under development, the UPD Public Portal offers a first glimpse of what will come: better access to medicinal product information for the public. Let’s have a look at what is on offer. The homepage mainly gives access to the substance and medicine index as well as the search functionality. As expected, under the …
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Union Product Database – EMA’s Agile Approach?
With the pressure mounting to implement the New Veterinary Regulations (NVR) which came into force 28th January 2022, releases of the Union Product Database (UPD) to be implemented under the NVR are getting more frequent. In true software development fashion, is the EMA using the Agile approach to get solutions out more frequently and much …
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New Veterinary Regulations – Volume of Sales
Only days to go – The New Veterinary Regulation is coming into force on 28th January 2022. Time is running out for Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs), regulators and solution providers. The New Veterinary Regulation (NVR) is coming into force on 28/January/2022. Part of the NVR is the requirement for MAHs to provide information about the …
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Veterinary Medicinal Products – VNeeS changes are coming
The EMA recently released a draft version 3.0 of the VNeesS specification for the provision of electronic submissions for veterinary medicinal products in the EU. Although more updates are expected, the EMA states that the basic folder structures of the draft specification are not subject to further changes. But what have Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) …
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Subsequent Recognition Procedure: A new kid on the block?
In Europe, Marketing Authorisation Applications (MAAs) can be submitted following different procedures. If Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) desire access to all member of the European Economic Area (EEA) using a single procedure, the Centralised Procedure (CP) is the way to go. The EEA includes the members of the European Union plus Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein. …
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Transitional arrangements for Regulation (EU) 2019/6 for Veterinary Medicinal Products
On 19/July/2021 the CMDv released document EMA/CMDv/181154/2021 entitled “Transitional arrangements for the entry into application of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 for veterinary medicinal products registered under national, mutual recognition and decentralised procedures”. CMDv has prepared this document to assist Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) as well as National Competent Authorities (NCAs) in the management of the transition …
New EMA veterinary product information template
Action required: The EMA invites comments for the new product information template by 14/May/2021. The EMA just released a new product information template for public consultation. Besides smaller adjustments, the template mainly addresses changes required in line with the New Veterinary Regulations (NVR) that is coming into effect January 2022. Although no firm date for …
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EMA’s Union Product Database implementation guide updated (again!)
Action required: Union Product Database implementation guide is available for consultation until 21/March/2021. Today, I shall look at three of the many changes proposed. The first important update. Under the New Veterinary Regulations (NVR) EU 2019/6, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) shall establish and maintain a Union Product Database (UPD). In previous blogs we looked …
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UPDated – EMA updated Union Product Database implementation guide
According to the New Veterinary Regulations (NVR) EU 2019/6, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) shall establish and maintain a Union Product Database (UPD). In July 2020 the EMA published the UPD access policy (EMA/198149/2020), which outlines who gets access to which data stored in the UPD. It outlines how all parties can meet their obligations …
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UP-to-Date – EMA’s Union Product Database implementation guide
What is the UPD? According to the New Veterinary Regulations (NVR) EU 2019/6, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) shall establish and maintain a Union Product Database (UPD). With that in mind, implementation acts are required laying out electronic exchange mechanism and data format, database functionality and interface/API as well as detailed specifications of the data …
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