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SFDA item 76 · IV. PMF/VAMF

Replacement or addition of a blood centre for testing donations and/or plasma pools within an establishment already included in the PMF.

Variation category under SFDA, EU and US FDA rules for this change, with the variant wording as published.

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SFDA Saudi Food and Drug Authority

Guidelines for Variation Requirements v6.3 (DS-G-006), item 76 — official PDF, p. 74 ↗

VariantChangeType
-Replacement or addition of a blood centre for testing donations and/or plasma pools within an establishment already included in the PMF.Type IB

Conditions to be fulfilled and documentation to be supplied: see the official guideline, item 76.

EU European Union

Commission Guidelines C/2025/5045 — EUR-Lex ↗

M.7 · Addition or relocation of a centre/laboratory for testing of donations and/or plasma pools within an establishment already included in the PMF

VariantChangeType
aRelocationType IA
bAdditionType IB
cLink existing collection centres to another existing or new blood/plasma testing centres in PMFType IA

Note: M.7(b) for addition of a testing centre; relocation within the same establishment is M.7(a).

US FDA US Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR 314.70 and FDA guidance — Outside 21 CFR 314.70 — 21 CFR 610.40; 601.12

ChangeCategoryReference
Handled under the establishment's own registration/CBER licenseNo US equivalent

Note: Donor-testing laboratories operate under the establishments' CBER licenses/registration and must use FDA-licensed, approved or cleared donor-screening tests (21 CFR 610.40); no PMF variation.

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Not regulatory advice. The binding text is each regulator's current official document; confirm the category with the authority before filing. FDA publishes no classification table: the US category follows FDA guidance or, where the guidance does not name the change, the closest example under 21 CFR 314.70.