The United Arab Emirates is encouraging companies to capitalize on opportunities to collaborate with a new medicines and medical devices regulatory agency and help shape the country’s regulatory environment through public-private cooperation.
New UAE Regulator Calls On Drug and Device Companies To Help Shape Mandate
Facilitating and strengthening R&D, intellectual property rights protection and drug safety are among the goals of the soon-to-be-launched Emirates Drug Establishment. Despite the name, the entity is also responsible for device regulation.

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