ABSTRACT:

Regulatory affairs in the pharmaceutical industry play an important role in ensuring the safety, efficacy, and quality of medicinal products worldwide. The pharmaceutical drug regulatory affairs profession was developed from the desire all over the world to protect public health by providing good quality medicine including safety and efficacy in the area of not only pharmacy but also in the area of veterinary medicine, medical devices, insecticides, pesticides, agrochemical, cosmetic and complementary medicine. Regulatory affairs acts as an interface between the pharmaceutical company and the regulatory agencies. The key role of regulatory affairs professions includes maintaining Compliance, Product approval, Risk management, Market access, Quality assurance. It works under proper organizational structure and various regulatory bodies around the world. Regulatory affairs professional also involves in clinical trail and R&D to develop innovative products that take advantage of new technological and regulatory developments to accelerate time to market. They can face regulatory non-compliance issues, but drug developers can also look to tech-enabled solutions to improve regulatory compliance. Regulatory affairs should explore whether the different innovation in pharma can decrease the risk of  compliance issues.