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TGA shelves biosimilar and generic transparency measures
In late 2020, following almost 18 months of public and industry consultations conducted by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
Global | Publication | January 8, 2016
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On January 5, 2016 the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published its audit quality thematic review on firms’ audit quality monitoring. The review supplements the FRC’s annual programme of inspections of individual audit firms and looks at firms’ policies and procedures in respect of a specific aspect of audit, and their application in practice, to make comparisons between firms with a view to identifying both good practice and areas of common weakness.
In its review, the FRC looks at the following areas:
The review sets out several suggestions for audit committees to consider, intended to enhance the effectiveness of the audit committee's oversight of an audit and their evaluation of audit quality. The suggestions include the audit committee doing the following:
(FRC, Audit Quality Thematic Review: Firms’ audit quality monitoring, 05.01.16)
On January 7, 2016 the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) published a guide setting out seven questions on corporate reporting that company directors, audit committee members and auditors should ask themselves in order to communicate clearly and honestly in their reports:
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In late 2020, following almost 18 months of public and industry consultations conducted by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
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The Government of Ontario recently introduced the Strengthening Cyber Security and Building Trust in the Public Sector Act, 2024 (Bill 194) seeking to strengthen cybersecurity programs in the public sector and provide the groundwork for the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) among various public sector entities.
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On May 24 the Labour Party published an update to its proposals on employment law in “Labour’s Plan to Make Work Pay: Delivering A New Deal for Working People” (the Plan). Our review of the proposals included in the Green Paper which was initially published in 2021 can be found here. Should they win the election, the Labour Party has stated that it will introduce an Employment Bill within the first 100 days of being in power which will cover many of these issues.
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