Week Ending April 4, 2025: Featuring EMA’s Rojo on Combination Product Lifecycle Expectations

Regulator Spotlight

At the 2025 DIA/RAPS Summit on Combination Products in the EU, held in Brussels at the end of January, EMA Procedures Office Head Virginia Rojo gave an update on the agency’s ongoing efforts to support companies in dealing with lifecycle management of combination products (CPs). She discussed the relationship between the current CP guidance and the draft variation classification guidance, and the increased focus on assessing the risk and impact of changes to the medicinal product.

 

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