US And EU Look To Expand Inspection Agreement

Product pre-approval inspections, vaccines and plasma-derived products are on the discussion agenda as the US-EU mutual recognition agreement takes full effect.

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US and EU authorities are working to expand their mutual recognition agreement on pharmaceutical inspections beyond the current core of routine facility surveillance, now that the MRA has become final.

Under the agreement, the US Food and Drug Administration needed to assess the capabilities of EU member state inspectorates and...

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