Consultation outcome

Strategy for pharmacopoeial public quality standards for biological medicines

• From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Published: 9 January 2017
• Last updated: 16 September 2019 — See all updates

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Consultation response: Strategy for pharmacopoeial public quality standards for biological medicines

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Biological medicines are an increasingly important part of healthcare worldwide. Their quality is assured by a regulatory framework which includes compliance to public quality standards. Both documentary and physical standards work together to ensure that biological medicines are of acceptable quality for use by the patient.

In the UK, documentary standards exist as texts published in the British Pharmacopoeia. The Agency has developed a strategy for the creation of pharmacopoeial public quality standards for biological medicines.

In January 2017 a public consultation on this strategy was published, which closed 10th April 2017. The document attached document provides the Agency’s official response to the replies received.

Any questions related to this strategy can be directed to BiolStandards@mhra.gov.uk.

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Original consultation

Summary

We are developing a strategy for the creation of pharmacopoeial public quality standards for biological medicines. We would like your input regarding how they are used & can be improved as well as feedback on our draft strategy.

This consultation ran from
10am on 9 January 2017 to 11:45pm on 10 April 2017

Consultation description

Biological medicines are an increasingly important part of healthcare worldwide. Their quality is assured by a regulatory framework which includes compliance to public quality standards. Both documentary and physical standards work together to ensure that biological medicines are of acceptable quality for use by the patient.

In the UK, documentary standards exist as texts published in the British Pharmacopoeia. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is developing a strategy for the creation of pharmacopoeial public quality standards for biological medicines. This public consultation seeks input from stakeholders regarding how they are used and can be improved as well as feedback on the Agency’s draft strategy.

You can respond to this consultation by using the form in the consultation document, or by downloading the Microsoft Word version above. Responses should be sent to BiolStandards@mhra.gov.uk by 10 April 2017.

In this document there is:

• an introduction
• a draft pharmacopoeial biological standards strategy
• a response form

Documents

Biological Standards Consultation Document

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Biological Standards Consultation response document

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Strategy for pharmacopoeial public quality standards public update

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Published 9 January 2017
Last updated 16 September 2019 + show all updates

1. 16 September 2019

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2. 23 October 2017

   Added consultation response: Strategy for pharmacopoeial public quality standards for biological medicines

3. 9 January 2017

   First published.