Oct 29, 2018
Africa
The International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICRMA) announced on Friday that they are seeking industry experts for a one year project to ensure proper awareness of track and trace systems for medicines. These experts will be expected to aim to...
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Oct 8, 2018
South America
Brazil ANVISA drug regulatory body, announced Wednesday at the RAPS’ Regulatory Convergence that more than 800 new and generic drug application backlogs would be eliminated by January 2019. This elimination would allow for a shift in focus on new projects that ANVISA...
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Apr 10, 2018
Asia
The National Health Regulatory Agency (NHRA) in Bahrain, has released a circular regarding the importation of medical devices to the country. Medical device shipments must now be pre-approved by the NHRA before arriving at Bahrain’s ports. Failure to get...
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Feb 20, 2018
South America
COFEPRIS, Agency that regulates food, medical devices and drugs in Mexico, has issued 288,000 import and export permits for products in the last 5 years. COFEPRIS recently signed an agreement with the Confederation of Associations of Customs Agents of the Mexican...
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Jan 10, 2018
South America
The National Health Surveillance Agency of Brazil, ANVISA, has proposed a new guideline for importation of products subject to sanitary surveillance. This effort has been made to ease importation burden and increase speed to market. ANVISA issues three hundred...
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Jan 10, 2018
South America
COFEPRIS, the decentralized division of the Department of Health in Mexico, is the governing body for medical devices and medicines. COFEPRIS has officially joined the Pharmaceutical Inspection Cooperation Scheme (PIC/S), which bridges the most important regulatory...
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