The Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PIC/S) organization announced today that Brazil/ANVISA (“Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria”) has been formally accepted into the PICs organization starting January 1st, 2021. According to the PIC/S website, “A paper assessment was carried out followed by an on-site assessment visit which took place in October 2019, after a reorganisation at ANVISA. The assessment report was finalised in the course of 2020.” The PIC/s organization also noted that “This is the first time in PIC/S’ history that an assessment process is completed by written procedure rather than at a Committee meeting. This was due to the situation with Covid-19 which prevented a Committee meeting taking place in 2020.”

About PIC/S

Based in Geneva, Switzerland, the Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PIC/S) is a non-binding, informal cooperative arrangement between regulatory authorities in the field of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) of medicinal products for human or veterinary use. The PIC/S organization is open to any regulatory authority having a comparable GMP inspection system. Currently, PIC/S comprises fifty-three participating regulatory authorities throughout the world (Europe, Africa, America, Asia and Australasia). Starting January 1st, 2021, once Brazil joins, PIC/S will have fifty-four participating regulatory authorities. Other countries that are currently in the PIC/s application process include Armenia, Bulgaria, and Saudi Arabia.

Impact on cGMP Regulatory Compliance in Brazil

While a specific timeline for coming into compliance with all the PIC/S requirements has not been stated in the PIC/S, all pharmaceutical manufacturers in Brazil should carefully review the PIC/S guidelines and publications to determine their impact. For pharmaceutical manufacturers processing multiple products, the PIC/S Guideline on Setting Health Based Exposure Limits for us in Risk Identification in the Manufacture of Different Medicinal Products in Shared Facilities will be key and required careful review.

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Published November 30, 2020

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