Computer application of Placing on the Market of Vaccines for human use
Target persons
INSTRUCTION ONE
All lots of vaccines for human use may not be placed on the market without being authorised, according to the following procedure.
INSTRUCTION TWO
This provision does not cover other immunological drugs such as toxins, serums and allergens, as well as individualized vaccines.
It also does not reach foreign medicines, nor products in the phase of clinical trials.
INSTRUCTION 3rd
Before placing the medicinal product in question on the market, an application for placing on the market will be sent to the Division of Biological Products, Advanced Therapies and Biotechnology (DPB) of the Spanish Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices (AEMPS).
For this purpose, the telematic support developed by the AEMPS to process applications is enabled and in operation. It is accessed through the website of the Agency https://www.aemps.gob.es.
The address you need to connect to is as follows: https://hemoyvacunas.aemps.es
INSTRUCTION 4th
This request shall be accompanied by the following documentation:
Annexes to the document “EC Administrative Procedure for Official Control Authority Batch Release”. OMCL,
Batch Release – Human Biologicals:
- European Union batch release certificate (Annex IIA).
- Marketing Information Sheet. (Annex IV Marketing Information Form).
- Summary of the production and control protocols of the batch to be released, according to the administrative procedure for the Official Control Authority Batch Release and the specific guidelines of the product.
- An image of the conditioning material (production photograph or model) of the finished product of the batch in question.
INSTRUCTION 5th
After the period of 5 working days from the shipment of the last valid documentation without negative pronouncement, and taking into account the special need of these products, it will be understood according to the lot for its marketing.
In the case of the seasonal flu vaccine the 5-day period will be reduced to 2.
The computer system will allow the laboratory making the request to be aware that the request has been made, and the AEMPS to be aware that it has sent a communication. In the event that there is a fall in the computer system, we will proceed via email (hemoderivados@aemps.es), or another alternative procedure.
Request for access
The access request is not necessary.
Manuals of use
- User Manual – Vaccine Placing on the Market Procedure (v3- December 2024)
- User’s manual – Procedure for batch release of vaccines onto the market (v3 – December 2024) (english version)
Characteristics of the client teams
What authentication methods will be needed?
- Digital certificate
- Electronic ID
- Cl@ve PIN
- In some cases it will not be necessary to have any method of authentication
What characteristics do the client teams have to have?
- Next generation browser: Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Safari or similar.
- The use of Internet Explorer is not recommended.
- Any PDF document viewer. You can download the Adobe Acrobat Reader at the address http://www.adobe.com/.
- User authorization and password of RPS.
- Application security: activate the Java Script option in the browser if it is not active (this option comes by default).
Since it is a Web application, there are no operating system or memory or disk requirements beyond those necessary for the operating system, browser and PDF viewer chosen.
What are the security elements that the applications incorporate?
- 128-bit SSL communications encryption.
- User authentication using USER and password.
- Autenticación de usuario de segundo nivel, mediante TOKEN UNICO por solicitud que el usuario debe introducir para el envío de las mismas.
- Each external user can only access the data of the entity it represents.
- Log of accesses and audit of modifications (you know who modifies and what).
- Time out of connection.
Answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs)
A problem has been detectedwhich sometimes occurs due to a security problem with Internet Explorer and because the library provided by Microsoft for digital signature is not signed, which prevents applications from being digitally signed. To avoid this problem, the steps that should be followed are:
- Open your Internet Explorer browser and click on Tools/Internet Options.
- Select the Security tab and click on the Internet icon.
- Follow the following steps depending on the version of your browser:
1. For Internet Explorer 6.x
- Click on the buttonpredetermined leveland then oncustom level.
- In the list that is displayed, go to the fieldactiveX controls and add-onsand activate the optionInitialize and activate the script of ActiveX controls not marked as safe.
- Apply the changes.
- Finally close the browser and try to authenticate again.
2. For Internet Explorer 7.x
- Click on the buttonpredetermined leveland then oncustom level.
- In the list that is displayed, go to the fieldactiveX controls and add-onsand enable the optionInitialize and generate scripts from unmarked activeX controls as secure for scripts.
- Apply the changes.
- Close the browser and try to authenticate again.
Notification of errors
For data quality errors, as mentioned in the submission please send it tothis email.
For functionality errors, communicate it in detail, if possible with the screen where it fails, tothis email.
For other topics, use the suggestion box.