Mean applicant screening response time
Industry member
Therapeutic Products
31 October 2025
HSA’s target screening turn-around-time from the date of receipt of the application dossier to the date of acceptance or non-acceptance/withdrawal of the application (excluding applicant’s response time) is 50 working days (WD).
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For the new and major variation applications accepted within the period of 01 Apr 25 to 30 Sep 2025, the mean screening time taken by HSA was 34.5 WD for NDA, 35.6 WD for GDA and 23.1 WD for MAV applications respectively.
Below are bi-annual updates of the mean applicant response time for the new and major variation applications:
Mean Applicant Response Time
Period | NDA | GDA | MAV | |
01 Apr 2025 to 30 Sep 2025 | Number of applications | 59 | 161 | 66 |
Mean Applicant Response Time (WD) | 31.8 | 35.9 | 10.9 |
