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BEMA III questionnaire – draft proposals. BEMA III programme development. BEMA programme includes several elements: ‘Questionnaire’ Methodology Assessors Database Reports. BEMA III proposals for questionnaire.
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BEMA III programme development • BEMA programme includes several elements: • ‘Questionnaire’ • Methodology • Assessors • Database • Reports
BEMA III proposals for questionnaire • BEMA SG has begun development of the BEMA III programme, starting with the ‘questionnaire’. • Current BEMA questionnaire sections: • Organisation • Assessment • Pharmacovigilance • Inspection (interfaces) • 19 KPIs and 71 questions/SPIs • Issues raised by assessors and agencies: • Duplication of questions • Redundancies • Unclear questions • PV questions too detailed • Does not reflect current issues
BEMA III proposals for questionnaire • BEMA SG subgroup has reviewed the questionnaire and is proposing a new structure which: • Addresses the issues raised by agencies and assessors • Simplifies the structure • Introduces a logical sequence to the KPIs • Addresses HMA strategic issues (in bold) • Proposes some new SPIs (in italics) • Reduces the number of KPIs (reduced from 19 to 13 at this stage) and SPIs (reduced from 71 to 38 at this stage)
BEMA III proposals for questionnaire • Proposed new set of KPIs: • Strategy and planning • Leadership and culture • Stakeholders • Quality management • Risk management • Crisis management • Human resources management • Operations management • Information management • Interfaces • Scientific decision-making • Impact/effectiveness of scientific work • Pharmacovigilance
BEMA III proposals for questionnaire • Proposed new set of KPIs includes… • Assessment • Pharmacovigilance • Inspection • …and covers quality assurance of scientific work: • Recruiting staff with the appropriate expertise • Training, both regulatory and scientific • Providing the necessary resources • Allocating on the basis of competence and risk • Ensuring quality standards and consistency • Ensuring integrated opinion and formal approvals • …as well as impact of scientific advice and authorisations
BEMA III proposals for questionnaire • This proposal is still at an early stage and further development will include: • Revisions based on HMA comments • Development of guidance • Methods to improve consistency of ratings • Report structures to allow good practices to be described in sufficient detail • Review of questionnaire and guidance by agencies and BEMA assessors
BEMA III proposals for questionnaire • HMA is asked to approve, in principle, the draft list of KPIs and SPIs for the BEMA III questionnaire. • HMA is asked to re-confirm the scope of the benchmarking programme in the context of the current status of the JAP programme for inspectorates and the legislative requirement for pharmacovigilance audits.