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The regulators should focus on convergence to push innovation, accessibility and affordability of medicines for all, said the pharma regulators from 50 countries who participated in the three-day iPHEX-Global Regulators Conclave organized by the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council (Pharmexcil) in association with the Ministry of Commerce and CDSCO. The conclave concluded here on Friday.
V G Somani, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), said the industry, too, has a “great role to play in matching regulatory expectations of different nations.”
The process of regulatory convergence was adopted to some extent during the pandemic, said R Uday Bhaskar, DG, Pharmexcil, adding that the same agenda should be continued.
According to Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, DG-NAFDAC, Nigeria regulatory convergence had already begun during the Covid-19 pandemic for accessibility of vaccines.
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Vladislav Shestakov, Director, State Institute of Drugs and Good Practices, Russia, said while convergence was the need of the hour, it’s a multi stage process and a supranational regulatory network had to be created.
Russia was taking an initiative to create a new global association for pharma inspectors and ready to work with other countries, including India, Shestakov added.
For Kang Seogyoun, DG-MFDS, South Korea, there were challenges in the drug supply. Harmonisation of regulation could provide solutions.
Matias Bela Szentivanyi, DG, National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition, Hungary, said that there was a need to go beyond regulatory sphere. “Drug approvals and finances should come together. Enhance international regulatory capacity and supply chain capability,” he added.
Olga Lidia Jacobo Casanueva, DG-CECMED, Cuba, suggested the process of regulatory convergence can gradually begin with acceptance of technical guidance documents, exchange of scientific and technological details and bilateral regulatory pacts.
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