Comparator products in bioequivalence/therapeutic equivalence studies
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Information on comparator products used in studies supporting abridged marketing authorisation application.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Information on comparator products used in studies supporting abridged marketing authorisation application. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- 1. Overview
- Until and including 31 December 2024
- From 1 January 2025
- 1.1 Reference medicinal products
- 1.2 Comparator products used in bioequivalence and therapeutic equivalence studies
- 2. Scope
- 3. General principles
- 3.1 Responsibility
- 3.2 Source country of non-UK CP
- 3.3 Identicality vs. representativeness
- 3.4 Demonstration of identicality of the non-UK CP to the UK RMP
- 3.5 Demonstration of representativeness of the non-UK CP to the UK RMP
- 3.6 Number of batches to be tested
- 3.7 Analytical methods
- 3.8 Acceptability of approach
- 4. Contact
Source and licence
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
AttributionMedicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, ‘Comparator products in bioequivalence/therapeutic equivalence studies’ (updated 20 December 2024), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026