Regulatory experts from around the world, including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), gathered recently to discuss issues such as regenerative medical products, international collaboration to fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and developing strategies to combat substandard or falsified medical products.

With “Innovation” as the theme, the Heads of Medicines Summit and the International Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) annual meeting in Kyoto, Japan on Oct. 23-27, 2017, provided unique opportunities to share and learn about regulatory issues of mutual concern.

The gatherings bring together leadership from selected national medicines regulatory authorities (MRAs), who represent regulatory agencies of varying maturity. This year, regulators from 28 countries attended, along with representatives from the FDA, the European Commission, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and the World Health Organization (WHO).

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