Discuss in detail periodic safety update report of marketed products.
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A Periodic Safety Update Report is a pharmacovigilance document intended to provide an evaluation of the risk-benefit balance of a medicinal product at defined time points post-authorisation. The objective of the PSUR is to present a comprehensive and critical analysis of the risk-benefit balance of the product taking into account new or emerging safety information in the context of cumulative information on risk and benefits.
The legal requirements for submission of PSURs are established in Regulation (EU) No 1235/2010, Directive 2010/84/EU and in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 520/2012. The format of PSURs follows the structure described in the Implementing Regulation Article 35 and Module VII of the Guidelines on Good Pharmacovigilance Practices (GVP) provides guidance on the preparation, submission and assessment of PSURs. This format is a legal requirement for both Nationally Authorised Products (NAPs) and Centrally Authorised Products (CAPs).
Who should submit PSURs?
The 2010 legislation introduces the principle of EU single assessment where a substance is authorised in more than one Member State. The European Medicines Agency maintains a list of EU reference dates and frequency of submission of PSURs (EURD list) for active substances contained in medicines in the EU and is updated on an ongoing basis.
Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) are required to submit PSURs according to the data lock points published in the EURD list. The legislation introduces derogation for routine PSUR reporting for certain products. Unless there is a specific condition in the authorisation, or it is indicated otherwise in the EURD list, routine PSUR reporting is not required for medicinal products authorised under the following articles of Directive 2001/83/EC:
• Article 10.1 generics
• Article 10.a well-established use
• Article 14 homeopathic medicines
• Article 16a traditional herbal medicines
Further information on GVP and the EURD list may be found on the European Medicines Agency website. Please note that the EURD list is a living document which will be amended whenever considered necessary by the PRAC, the CHMP or CMDh in response to the emergence of relevant new safety information, newly authorised substances and requests received from MAHs. Substances can be added or removed as appropriate. MAHs should therefore maintain an awareness of the current status of the list which is reviewed on a monthly basis