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Foreign Regulatory Systems Can Be Strengthened By Receiving FDA Inspection Data, IOM Says

 
• By Brenda Sandburg

Institute of Medicine report recommends how FDA, industry and other stakeholders can strengthen food and drug regulatory systems abroad. It calls for FDA to provide incentives for foreign regulators to meet U.S. standards and facilitate training and for the government to help hold importers liable.

The Institute of Medicine has come up with a raft of recommendations to improve the regulatory systems in developing countries and one of the most immediate calls for FDA, foreign regulators and industry to share inspection reports.

FDA commissioned the IOM to identify the core elements of food and medical products regulatory systems in developing countries, detect...

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