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EMA - European Medicines Agency · EU-wide · 14 Sep 2026 · Administrative

Mandatory use of ISO/ICH E2B(R3) individual case safety reporting in the EU: hands-on training course using the EudraVigilance system

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EudraVigilance is the EU system for managing adverse reaction information on authorised medicines and clinical trial drugs in the European Economic Area. Mandatory use of the ISO/ICH E2B(R3) individual case safety reporting standard became effective on 30 June 2022. Participants completing this training course and passing evaluation receive a notification from the EMA. Organisations registering their first QPPV/RP user or using the EudraVigilance web application for initial ICSR reporting must provide this notification to the EMA to register with the production environment.

Dates and deadlines
Applies from
14 Sep 2026
Regulatory deadline
14 Sep 2026
Regulatory deadline
18 Sep 2026
From EMA - European Medicines Agency

EudraVigilance (EV) is the EU's system for managing and analysing information on adverse reactions to medicines which have been authorised or are being studied in clinical trials in the European Economic Area (EEA).

The use of the ISO Individual Case Safety Report (ICSR) standard based on the ICH E2B (R3) modalities became mandatory on 30 June 2022.

Following the completion of this course, participants who pass the knowledge evaluation will receive a notification from the EMA.

Organisations which aim to register first user QPPV/RP or to use EudraVigilance web application (EVWEB) to start the electronic reporting of ICSRs to EudraVigilance for the first time, need to provide such notification for at least one user to the EMA to be able to successfully register with the EV production environment.

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