Singapore & South Korea’s Recognition Of GMP Inspections To Cut Burden For Companies

Drug regulatory authorities in Singapore and South Korea have signed a mutual recognition agreement that will allow them to rely on each other’s good manufacturing practice (GMP) certificates and inspection outcomes relating to drug manufacturing sites in the two countries.

The MRA, signed by Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority and Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, is expected to reduce the regulatory burden on pharmaceutical and biologics manufacturers in the two regions by