Types of evaluation routes
Each therapeutic product registration is done via a specific evaluation route. The evaluation route of your therapeutic product depends on:
- Type of your therapeutic product.
- Whether your therapeutic product has been approved by any overseas drug regulatory agencies.
The evaluation route of your therapeutic product will determine the turn-around-time (TAT), fees and documents required for registration.
| Evaluation route |
Eligibility |
| Full |
- Any new product that has not been approved by any drug regulatory agency.
- This evaluation route only applies to new drug applications (NDA).
|
| Abridged |
|
| Verification |
- Any new or generic product that has been approved by our reference drug regulatory agencies.
- This evaluation route applies to both NDA and GDA.
|
| Verification-CECA |
- Any generic product manufactured in India which has been approved by our reference drug regulatory agencies.
- This evaluation route only applies to GDA of products manufactured in India.
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Fees
For new drug applications (NDA) and generic drug applications (GDA), two types of fees are payable:
- Screening fee, payable upon successful online application submission via PRISM.
- Evaluation fee, payable upon dossier acceptance for evaluation.
You may refer to the detailed therapeutic product fees and turn-around-time for more information.
Note: If payment is not made through GIRO, both screening and evaluation fees have to be paid upfront during submission. In this scenario, the evaluation fee will be refunded if the application is not accepted for evaluation.
Reference drug regulatory agencies
Our reference drug regulatory agencies consist of the following:
- US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- European Medicines Agency (EMA) via the Centralised Procedure
- Health Canada (HC)
- UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (UK MHRA)
- Swissmedic
- Australia Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)