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Updates - December 2023 - January 2024
Medicines: Marketing Authorization Holders' Submission of Nitrosamine Risk Evaluation, Risk Assessment and Confirmatory Testing
Marketing Authorization Holders should review their manufacturing processes to identify and, if found, to mitigate the risk of nitrosamine impurities being present.
Updated information following the passing of the deadline for the submission and. additional guidance about lifecycle management is provided.
Project Orbis
Project Orbis is a program to review and approve promising cancer drugs helping patients access treatments faster.
The MHRA has recently updated its guidance in relation to Project Orbis and ILAP. There is no longer a requirement to obtain an Innovation Passport as part of the Project Orbis program.
Updated Requirements for Dealing with Potential Nitrosamine Impurities in Medicinal Products
As communicated at the information event on 20 September 2023, Swissmedic continues to apply the acceptable intakes published by EMA. Marketing authorization holders are required to perform a risk-based evaluation of their medicinal products and synthetic active substances with the potential for nitrosylation and to submit the results to Swissmedic.