Geneva, 16 January 2012: the revised PIC/S Scheme which was formally adopted at the PIC/S Committee Meeting in Cape Town on 7-8 November 2011 entered into force on 1 January 2012.

The Scheme was revised in order to reflect several novelties concerning in particular the inclusion of a reference to Good Distribution Practices (GDP), the new PIC/S pre-accession process, structural changes as well as the better sharing of information and of confidentiality.

The revised PIC/S Scheme (PICS 01 95 (Rev 5)) can be downloaded from the link below:

Geneva, 18 November 2011: The PIC/S Committee met on 7-8 November 2011 in Cape Town (South Africa).

The meeting was followed by the PIC/S annual training seminar on 9-11 November. The topic of the seminar was "Good Pharmaceutical Inspection Practices".

The press release regarding these events can be downloaded from the link below: