Why And How Global Healthcare Product Regulators Are Joining Forces

By Katharine Chorlton

In May 2012, the leaders of 30 medicine regulatory bodies from around the world gathered at the 65th World Health Assembly in Geneva, collectively puzzling over how to improve cooperation among them.

Their answer came later that year: form the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA), a voluntary group of Heads of Agency (HoA) leaders collectively and strategically focused on the biggest current and emerging global human medicine regulatory and safety challenges.

The ICMRA is now considered a strategic cross-border leader among a select group of global medicine and device regulatory policy bodies. Read how the coalition is working across the world to help sponsors develop medical products in a more globally harmonized way moving forward.