IGBA calls for full transparency and new timelines for impact assessment with regard to the voluntary WHO biological qualifier (BQ) proposal
The International Generic and Biosimilar medicines Association (IGBA) welcomes the WHO’s continuous interest in the development of a global identification system for biological substances, as well as the decision to perform an impact study assessment of the voluntary Biological Qualifier (BQ) proposal. However, IGBA does not support the BQ proposal since successful product identification and tracking using multiple identification components are already in force, such as the brand name or the INN combined with the company name, the lot number and various national codes.