Here At Last: New EU Annex On Sterile Drug Manufacturing Targets Contamination & Risk

Following two public consultations and many thousands of comments, the revised GMP Annex 1 has finally been published.

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New EU guidance on manufacturing sterile medicinal products will come into force next year • Source: Shutterstock

Long-awaited revisions to the EU’s 14-year-old guidelines on manufacturing sterile medicines have now been finalized and published, taking account of current regulatory and technological developments.

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