This year, Mr. Kunio Kawamura, advisor of Japan's Otsuka Pharmaceutical, emphasized that the mission of PIC/S was to establish the harmonized global standard in the inspection field work.
He said, "All of the partnered countries would follow uniform guidelines in giving approval, so that they can maintain a high quality of monitoring."
Companies definitely benefit by joining PIC/S as they reduce duplicated inspection when exporting to multiple countries such as the US and Japan, and, thus, save on related costs.
Mr. Kawamura said, "Member countries should cooperate in order to minimize duplicated inspections. And more countries should join PIC/S, develop information sharing systems and communicate more actively to facilitate imports and exports."