Global Pilot Reduces Drug Manufacturing Inspections With Hybrid Approach

A global collaborative inspections pilot reduced the number of individual inspections for participating manufacturing facilities, demonstrating that multiple regulatory authorities can carry out joint inspections using a mix of on-site and remote approaches.

Scientist Medical Factory Staff Working in Science Lab. Medicine factory Technician Employee Check Care Products Quality in Sterilize Room Taking Note in Check list.
Collaborative hybrid GMP inspections can reduce duplicative checks by regulators (Shutterstock)

An international pilot that allowed companies to have their applications for increasing drug manufacturing capacity to be simultaneously evaluated by multiple regulatory authorities has yielded positive results for industry and is to be continued throughout 2025.

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