IGBA Wants A Harmonized And Streamlined Global Framework

In the first of three exclusive interviews with IGBA secretary general Suzette Kox and chair Jim Keon, Kox provides the latest update on global regulatory harmonization efforts.

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The IGBA’s Secretary General And Chair Give Us The Latest On Global Issues Affecting The Generics And Biosimilars Industries • Source: Shutterstock

As the global industry association for generics and biosimilars companies, the International Generic and Biosimilar medicines Association (IGBA) is at the center of the latest developments for off-patent drugs.

Under the tenure of current chair Jim Keon – who is also president of the Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association (CGPA) – and newly-appointed secretary general Suzette Kox (Also see "

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