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ARTICLE · 16 MARCH 2026

Advancing AI Adoption In Manufacturing Under The Existing FDA & EMA Frameworks

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As organizations deploy artificial intelligence (AI) across current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) platforms, uncertainty and a lack of AI-specific regulations are slowing adoption.

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As organizations deploy artificial intelligence (AI) across current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) platforms, uncertainty and a lack of AI-specific regulations are slowing adoption. Yet regulatory silence is not a prohibition. Although existing regulations do not specifically address AI, the established U.S. and EU regulatory frameworks, including 21 CFR parts 210 and 211 and EudraLex Volume 4, are sufficiently flexible to accommodate AI-enabled approaches, when implemented thoughtfully. Within this structure, AI is not a regulatory exception, but a GMP control that must be justified, governed, and defended like any other.

In this webinar, experts from Arnold & Porter and Lachman Consultants examine the existing regulatory framework and FDA and EMA positions on AI in cGMP use-cases. Drawing on Annex 22 (EMA draft guidance on AI in GMP), FDA's draft guidance on AI to support regulatory decision-making, and the joint FDA-EMA Guiding Principles of Good AI Practice as reference

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