What is a CHMP opinion?

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) publishes a consultation procedure public assessment report (CPAR) on the opinions prepared by its Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) following a consultation procedure with EMA on the quality, safety, benefits and risks of ancillary substances incorporated in a …

What does the CHMP do?

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), formerly known as Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (CPMP), is the European Medicines Agency’s committee responsible for elaborating the agency’s opinions on all issues regarding medicinal products for human use.

What is the responsibility of the Committee for Medicinal Products CHMP for human use?

Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use: the committee that is responsible for preparing the Agency’s opinions on questions concerning human medicines. More information can be found under ‘Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP)’.

What is the CMDh?

The Co-ordination group for Mutual recognition and Decentralised procedures – human (CMDh), was set up in Directive 2004/27/ EC for the examination of any question relating to marketing authorisations of a medicinal product in two or more Member States in accordance with the mutual recognition procedure or the …

What is RMS and CMS?

The Member State that has already authorised the product is known as the Reference Member State ( RMS ). The RMS submits their evaluation of the product to other Member State/s, these are known as Concerned Member States ( CMS ).

How long does CHMP approval take?

The assessment leads to an opinion from the CHMP by day 210. Following a CHMP opinion the European Commission takes usually its decision, a legally binding authorisation, after 67 days.

What happens after CHMP positive?

After the evaluation, the CHMP must issue a scientific opinion on whether the medicine may be authorised or not. The Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT) assesses advanced therapy medicinal products.

What is Prac EMA?

The Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) is the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) committee responsible for assessing and monitoring the safety of human medicines.

Is CHMP part of EMA?

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) is the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) committee responsible for human medicines.

What is a Type 2 variation?

A major change to a marketing authorisation that may have a significant impact on the quality, safety or efficacy of a medicine, but does not involve a change to the active substance, its strength or the route of administration. Type II variations require a formal approval.

What is RMS in Europe?

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has launched the Referentials Management Service (RMS) to support regulatory activities throughout the European Union (EU). The RMS manages one of the four domains of substance, product, organisation and referential (SPOR) master data in pharmaceutical regulatory processes.

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