In early 2020, due to COVID-19, MHRA was compelled to discontinue international on-site inspections until further notice. As travel restrictions have eased over this past year, the MHRA has launched a pilot project in April 2022, in which GMP inspectors assessed the risk of a possible return to international on-site inspections. As a result, the authority now announced the resumption of foreign inspections. However, with still a few restrictions in some target countries, e.g. quarantine rules, the MHRA will take a risk-based approach and plans to prioritise inspections according to their criticality.

Respective sites should note that:

• The agency will contact sites with pending inspections and asks that they refrain from enquiring themselves.
• The ‘expiry’ of GMP certificates issued by the MHRA will again be extended until the end of 2023.

Source:

MHRA: Inspectorate Blog