Regulatory expertise with key local insights
To stay up-to-date and to keep on top of constantly evolving regulatory requirements, you need a CRO partner with local insights and thorough knowledge.
With one of the largest teams of experienced Regulatory Affairs specialists in the Nordics, we are positioned to guide our customers through every phase of product development. We have gathered a competent team that enables the timely delivery of high-quality regulatory projects. We are highly flexible and can outsource specific services or provide full-service solutions to our customers. We have more than 25 years of experience working in this field and have built a solid reputation founded on our integrity, delivering exactly what our customers need, when they need it.
Competence is key
At LINK Medical, our Regulatory Affairs specialists provide full-service solutions for all our customer’s regulatory needs related to human and veterinary products, also including medical devices, medical gases, herbal medicinal products, food supplements, and cosmetic products. Customers can take advantage of our flexible approach, outsourcing specialist services or in-housing regulatory specialists for both short-term and complex projects. Our services include regulatory strategies, gap analysis, preparation of dossiers, eSubmissions, review of marketing material, translations, and life-cycle management.
Overview of Regulatory Services:
Early Development
Through our unique network of Regulatory Affairs experts located in all Nordic countries, Germany and the UK, we can help you manage every regulatory challenge with confidence. We offer a variety of early development services and support including regulatory planning and gap analysis, scientific advice, CMC, preparation of the IMPD, IB and compilation of the regulatory dossier.
Clinical Development
LINK Medical offers regulatory support and expertise throughout the clinical development phase of your product. Our experienced regulatory team can assist and support you with regulatory advice for clinical trial planning and can also help you prepare for scientific advice. We support and manage clinical trial applications, as well as managing questions from Competent Authorities. We also offer regulatory support in relation to CMC compliance and IMPD writing. With us as your strategic partner, you will receive the competent regulatory support you need to confidently navigate clinical development.
Post-Marketing:
LINK Medical will support your Regulatory maintenance during your product lifecycle. We provide a complete range of services needed for the successful preparation, compilation and submission of your updated dossiers. We are an experienced partner that can facilitate contact with Competent Authorities and Notified bodies during the maintenance phase of your products. LINK Medical will assist you in developing your post-approval strategies.
Detailed service list:
Product life-cycle maintenance work:
We take care of all the steps involved in maintaining marketing authorizations, for example:
- Variations
- Transfer of marketing authorizations
- Renewals
- Periodic safety update reports (PSURs)
- Risk Management Plans (RMP)
- Updating summary of product characteristics (SPCs), label texts and package leaflets
- Proof-reading of labels and leaflets
- Catalogue texts, such as Felleskatalogen or FASS
Regulatory Strategies
- Regulatory advisory services
- Preparing gap analysis by assessing the suitability of available documentation, e.g. CMC data, pre-clinical data and clinical data in terms of quality and compliance with guidelines
- Advising on the most appropriate application procedure (centralized, mutual recognition, decentralized or national) as well as the type of application (e.g. complete, bibliographic, generic, hybrid or traditional use) including EU applications
- Regulatory product development plans for the pharmaceutical development phase, the pre-clinical phase, and/or the clinical phase
- Preparation of Target Product Profile
- Preparation of pre-submission meetings and scientific advice/protocol assistance
- Rx-to-OTC switch strategies
eSubmission
- Compile, publish and validate eCTD and VNeeS submissions in Europe
- Fully Electronic submissions via portals (CESP, EMA Gateway)
- Granularity of documents for eCTD
- Access to eCTD compliant document templates
- Converting Non-eCTD electronic format (NeeS or paper) to eCTD format
- Support and use eCTD ready document templates
Translations
Our regulatory managers have experience from a variety of therapeutic disciplines. We focus on linguistic accuracy, as well as regulatory compliance with mandatory templates and national requirements, such as QRD templates and Blue Box requirements. We also deliver high-quality scientifically accurate translations within a short timeframe.
Head of Department
Related links
- Clinical Trial Regulation (CTR) EU No 536/2014
- Medical device
- Quality assurance
- Marketing Compliance
- Ethical marketing: The rules of medicinal product promotion – Article
- LINK Medical broadens its regulatory consulting business in Sweden to help more companies navigate the regulatory framework- Article
- LINK Medical expands its regulatory services team, strengthening its IMPD & CMC capabilities -Press Release
