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What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

From · plenary report· 21 Mar 2024

A-9-2024-0140

on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Union code relating to medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/83/EC and Directive 2009/35/EC

To · adopted text· 10 Apr 2024

TA-9-2024-0220

Union code relating to medicinal products for human use

These two texts have too little in common to compare paragraph by paragraph: they are different documents rather than versions of one (for example one group’s motion and the joint text that was adopted).

+3,331 added · −358 removed · 2 changed paragraphs, packaging included.

Part 44 of 63: Paragraphs 2557–2616

Added:(13) Where relevant, evidence from other sources of clinical data (non-interventional clinical studies, registries).

Added:(14) A summary of the applicant’s pharmacovigilance system which shall include the following elements:

Added:(a) proof that the applicant has at their disposal a qualified person responsible for pharmacovigilance,

Added:(b) the Member States in which the qualified person resides and carries out their tasks,

Added:(c) the contact details of the qualified person,

Added:(d) a statement signed by the applicant to the effect that the applicant has the necessary means to fulfil the tasks and responsibilities listed in Chapter VI,

Added:(e) a reference to the location where the pharmacovigilance system master file for the medicinal product is kept.

Added:(15) The risk management plan describing the risk management system which the applicant will introduce for the medicinal product concerned, together with a summary thereof.

Added:(16) A statement to the effect that clinical trials carried out outside the European Union meet the ethical requirements of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014.

Added:(17) A summary of product characteristics in accordance with Article 62, a mock-up of the outer packaging, containing the details provided for in Annex IV, and of the immediate packaging of the medicinal product, containing the details provided for in Article 66, together with a package leaflet in accordance with Article 64.

Added:(18) A document showing that the manufacturer is authorised in their own country to produce medicinal products.

Added:(19) Copies of the following:

Added:(a) any marketing authorisation, obtained in another Member State or in a third country, to place the medicinal product on the market, a summary of the safety data including the data contained in the periodic safety update reports, where available, and suspected adverse reactions reports, together with a list of those Member States in which an application for marketing authorisation submitted in accordance with this Directive is under examination;

Added:(b) the summary of product characteristics proposed by the applicant in accordance with Article 62 or approved by the competent authorities of the Member State in accordance with Article 43 and the package leaflet proposed in accordance with Article 64 or approved by the competent authorities of the Member State in accordance with Article 76;

Added:(c) details of any decision to refuse marketing authorisation, whether in the Union or in a third country, and the reasons for such a decision.

Added:(20) A copy of any designation of the medicinal product as an orphan medicinal product as defined in Article 63 of [revised Regulation (EC) No 726/2004], accompanied by a copy of the relevant Agency opinion.

Added:(21) Where the application concerns an antimicrobial medicinal product, the application shall also contain:

Added:a) an antimicrobial stewardship and access plan which shall in particular outline: [Am. 328]

Added:(i) information about risk mitigation measures to limit antimicrobial resistance development related to the use, prescription and administration of the medicinal product;

Added:(ii) how the marketing authorisation holder intends to monitor and report to the competent authority the resistance to the antimicrobial medicinal product.

Added:(iia) information about measures for a strategy to promote access, including proposed production chain capacity; [Am. 329]

Added:(iib) information about measures to ensure marketing approvals are received for key territories in a timely manner; and [Am. 330]

Added:(iic) information about measures to monitor effectiveness of stewardship and access. [Am. 331]

Added:b) a description of the special information requirements outlined in Article 58

Added:c) details on the pack size which shall correspond to the usual posology and duration of treatment.

Added:(22) Where an application concerns the marketing authorisation to market a radionuclide generator, in addition to the requirements set out in Articles 6 and 9, it shall also contain:

Added:(a) a general description of the system together with a detailed description of the components of the system that may affect the composition or quality of the daughter nucleid preparation; and

Added:(b) qualitative and quantitative particulars of the eluate or the sublimate.

Added:(23) Good manufacturing practices certificates.

Added:Annex II

Added:ANALYTICAL, PHARMACOTOXICOLOGICAL AND CLININCAL STANDARDS AND PROTOCOLS IN RESPECT OF THE TESTING OF MEDICINAL PRODUCTS

Added:TABLE OF CONTENTS

Added:Part I: Standardised marketing authorisation dossier requirements

Added:1. Module 1: Administrative information

Added:1.1. Table of contents

Added:1.2. Application form

Added:1.3. Summary of product characteristics, labelling and package leaflet

Added:1.3.1. Summary of product characteristics

Added:1.3.2. Labelling and package leaflet

Added:1.3.3. Mock-ups and specimens

Added:1.3.4. Summaries of product characteristics already approved in the Member States

Added:1.4. Information about the experts

Added:1.5. Specific requirements for different types of applications

Added:1.6. Environmental risk assessment

Added:2. Module 2: Summaries

Added:2.1. Overall table of contents

Added:2.2. Introduction

Added:2.3. Quality overall summary

Added:2.4. Non-clinical overview

Added:2.5. Clinical overview

Added:2.6. Non-clinical summary

Added:2.7. Clinical Summary

Added:3. Module 3: Chemical, pharmaceutical and biological information for medicinal products containing chemical and/or biological active substances

Added:3.1. Format and presentation

Added:3.2. Content: basic principles and requirements

Added:3.2.1. Active substance(s)

Added:3.2.1.1. General information and information related to the starting and raw materials

Added:3.2.1.2. Manufacturing process of the active substance(s)

Added:3.2.1.3. Characterisation of the active substance(s)

Added:3.2.1.4. Control of active substance(s)