IOM Pushes For FDA Collaboration With Foreign Regulators

16 Apr 2012

In a report on how FDA, industry and other stakeholders can strengthen food and drug regulatory systems abroad, the Institute of Medicine recommends the agency 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 calls for FDA, foreign regulators and industry to share inspection reports in its recommendations to improve the regulatory systems in developing countries.

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