The 2016/2017 yellow fever outbreak in Brazil was declared over in September 2017. The upsurge of human cases since December 2017 and non-human primate epizootics since September 2017 indicates a resurgence of the circulation of yellow fever virus in Brazil, and more particularly in São Paulo State.

AGES MEA experts are continuously working on the third revision of the international guideline ICH S5(R2) "Detection of Toxicity to Reproduction for Medicinal Products & Toxicity to Male Fertility", which has now been made available for public…

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care was informed by the Danish authority that it was informed by the Danish tissue bank Cryos International ApS (DK257551) about the disease of a child conceived with the semen of sperm donor 5971.

AGES MEA experts took the rapporteur role for the development of the new EMA document: "Reflection Paper on statistical methodology for the comparative assessment of quality attributes in drug development" (EMA/CHMP/138502/2017). Over the past 2.5…

The marketing authorization holder informed its supplied customers in a letter dated 27.11.2017 that the stability test did not comply with the test for gastric juice resistance. The potential impact on patient safety is assessed as low. All other…

The distribution partner for the marketing authorization holder, "DSD Pharma GmbH", informed its supplied customers in a letter dated November 15, 2017, that the qualified person for batch 171115FDG01 has not issued a batch release and that the batch…

The marketing authorization holder has informed its supplied customers in a letter dated 22.11.2017 that deviations from the microbial limit values were detected in a batch marketed abroad. As a precautionary measure, all batches that were produced…

The marketing authorization holder informed its supplied customers in a letter dated November 8, 2017, that a production-related crack at the valve connection seal to the bag may occur in "Physioneal Clear-Flex bags". On the one hand, the crack could…

As of November 1, 2017, parts of the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) between the EU and the US entered into force. This agreement updates the original, unratified 1998 agreement and enables mutual recognition of inspection results (Good…

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care was informed by the Danish authority that it was informed by the Danish tissue bank Nordic Cryobank ApS - NCB - (European Sperm Bank) about a microduplication in the PAR1 regionXp22.33/Yp11.32 in sperm donor 8040/ADLER. The duplication was verified by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification(MLPA; probemix P018-G1 SHOX, MRC-Holland). The duplication does not involve the SHOX gene but is located downstream in the regulatory region.