Change #9 of 10 — PV / Safety

Your PSUR calendar was built for a directive that's gone.

Article 108 rewrites the PSUR frequency schedule. Annual, 3-yearly, and 5-yearly cycles shift — and your entire portfolio's reporting ladder needs rebuilding before 2028.

The portfolio impact

Three tiers means three scheduling logics running simultaneously

A portfolio with products authorised across different years will run annual, 3-yearly, and 5-yearly PSUR cycles at the same time.

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Reporting tiers in the new schedule: annual, 3-yearly, and 5-yearly

SourceArt. 108

11yr

Threshold where 5-yearly reporting begins — up from the old single 5-year trigger

SourceArt. 108

~60%

Of mature portfolios have products over 5 years needing recalculation

SourceIndustry estimate
What's actually changing

PSUR schedule: old vs new

Article 108 introduces a three-tier frequency ladder replacing the old two-tier model.

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Quick Tasks/PSUR schedule — current vs new directive

We were told to update our PSUR calendar for the new three-tier schedule. Our current calendar is in Excel and no one built it from the actual MA grant dates.

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Here's the obligation delta for PSUR schedule. The new EU Pharmaceutical Directive replaces Directive 2001/83/EC[1][2] — below is what changes, row by row.

Current vs. new directive4 rows
Current — 2001/83/EC
New directive — from ~mid-2028
Reporting frequency tiers
Current

2 tiers: annual (0–5yr) then 3-yearly thereafter.

New directive

3 tiers: annual (0–5yr) → 3-yearly (6–11yr) → 5-yearly (11yr+).[3][4]

EURD schedule interaction
Current

EURD listings inconsistently applied across portfolios.

New directive

EURD-listed products follow EURD regardless of product age. Art. 108 applies to non-EURD only.[5]

Transition for mature products
Current

Products already on 3-yearly cycle under old framework.

New directive

Products 5–11yr stay on 3-yearly; products over 11yr move to 5-yearly. Dates recalculated from MA grant.[6]

Renewal interaction
Current

PSUR overlapped with 5-year renewal cycle as periodic checkpoint.

New directive

Renewals abolished (Art. 46). PSUR is now the primary continuous surveillance mechanism.[7][8]

Dates reflect the political agreement text; final deadlines depend on entry into force and the transition period for each obligation.

Synthesised from 20 citations across 256 regulatory sources.

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Where teams fall short

Three calendar gaps that break compliance

Most PSUR calendars were set up once and never revisited. The new schedule changes the logic of how maturity is calculated.

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Static calendars

Built on old MA dates

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EURD vs non-EURD mixing

One tracker for both

Regunaut

The PSUR calendar builder

A compliant Art. 108 schedule from your real MA grant dates.

How Regunaut solves it

Five steps to a compliant PSUR programme

From portfolio audit to submission tracking — built for the Art. 108 three-tier schedule.

Pulls grant dates, authorisation type, and EURD status for every product. Classifies each by current Art. 108 tier and flags products where transition triggers a frequency change.

  • MA data import from PLMS, registry or CSV
  • EURD vs non-EURD automatic detection
  • Tier transition flagging at implementation
  • Portfolio heatmap: annual / 3-yearly / 5-yearly
Industry evidence

PSUR is now the primary surveillance mechanism

With renewals abolished under Art. 46, regulators rely on PSURs more heavily. Getting the schedule wrong is no longer a minor lapse.

Art.46

Missed PSURs linked to continuous compliance — MA suspension risk without renewal as safety valve

Scheduling logics running simultaneously in mature portfolios: annual, 3-yearly, and 5-yearly

2028

Transition requires recalculation from MA grant date — not just rolling forward existing dates

We had 47 products on PSUR schedules built before 2020. Rebuilding for Art. 108 wasn't just date recalculation — 12 products needed a completely different submission frequency.

Senior Regulatory Affairs Director, Top-20 European Pharma
Common questions

PSUR schedule: what teams ask most

Rebuild your PSUR programme before mid-2028

Recalculate submission dates across your entire portfolio — with EURD override logic, tier detection, and PASS/PAES linkage.

Rebuild your PSUR calendar

Art. 108 Calendar Builder recalculates due dates with tier boundaries and EURD overrides.

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Audit your PSUR portfolio

30-minute session identifying products transitioning between tiers at implementation.

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