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Latest News | 14 January 2013

The Top 10 Regulatory Stories of 2012 (International Edition)

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2012 was a momentous year for both the regulatory profession and Regulatory Focus. In our first year as an online-only publication, we covered a quickly changing landscape, dealing with topics that Read More...


Latest News | 2 January 2013

Flurry of Year-End Drug Approvals Makes 2012 Best Year for Approvals Since 1997

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ended the year on a high note, approving a flurry of new pharmaceutical products, taking its 2012 approval total to a 15-year high.US regulators approved Read More...


Latest News | 6 December 2012

FDA's Two-year Approval Record Marks 15-Year Best, Report Finds

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the same number of drugs during the 2012 fiscal year as it did in 2011, a new FDA report claims—the best two-year approval record in 15 years.The Read More...


Latest News | 27 July 2012

Is FDA on Pace to Beat Its 2011 Drug Approval Numbers?

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is potentially on pace to approve fewer new drug entities than it did in 2011, according to several sources.An analysis by The Street of the remaining 2012 Read More...


Regulatory Update | 10 May 2012

Brazil: Regulation To Foster Innovation

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Brazil’s reorganized national regulatory agency, Anvisa, said in remarks it is focused on establishing “a regulatory environment conducive to innovation."The remarks, by Anvisa’s CEO Dirceu Barbano, Read More...


Regulatory Update | 23 April 2012

Brazil: Advisory Council Discusses New ANVISA

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ANVISA’s Advisory Council—a group including representatives of the National Confederations of Industry (CNI), Commerce (CNC) and Health (CNS) and councils that represent the health secretaries of Read More...


Regulatory Update | 16 April 2012

Brazil: ANVISA Publishes 2012 Regulatory Priorities

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The 2012 Regulatory Agenda of the National Agency of Sanitary Surveillance (ANVISA) was published on 12 April in the Official Gazette (DOU) and includes the expansion of the national product Read More...


Latest News | 30 March 2012

Shuren's Senate Testimony Yields Wealth of Insight

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The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) top device regulator, Jeffery Shuren, director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), testified before the Senate Health, Education, Read More...


Latest News | 6 March 2012

CDER Releases List of Upcoming Guidance Documents

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The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) released 5 March a list of all new and revised guidance documents that the agency plans to release during Read More...


Latest News | 13 January 2012

UPDATED: FDA Completes Work on Three User Fee Acts, Sends to Congress

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Right on schedule, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today confirmed that it has finished work on three user fee programs that will be sent to the Congress immediately.In a blog posting on the Read More...


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