Singapore legislation

Regulation 45

of Health Products (Therapeutic Products) Regulations 2016

Regulation 45

Duty to carry out risk management plan

Subregulation 1

The Authority may, for the purposes of minimising risks relating to unsafe and inefficacious use of therapeutic products, direct a registrant of a therapeutic product to implement a risk management plan which includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(a)

producing and distributing educational material;

(b)

producing and distributing safety information;

(c)

performing clinical studies of the therapeutic product;

(d)

implementing active surveillance programmes of the therapeutic product;

(e)

implementing programmes to restrict the supply of the therapeutic product.

Subregulation 2

A registrant of a registered therapeutic product who fails to comply with a direction of the Authority under paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.