Cuba's CECMED Director Reflects On Agency Transformations, Ongoing Challenges

08 Oct 2018

• By Michael Cipriano

CECMED Director Rafael Pérez Cristiá discusses the drug regulator's increase international collaboration, connecting with industry and the relationship with US companies in an exclusive interview with the Pink Sheet.

Cuba's State Center for Control of Drugs and Medical Devices (CECMED gained recognition from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in 2012 as a National Regulatory Authority of Regional Reference, and the increased international collaboration and convergence has been a boon to the agency's regulatory processes, CECMED Director Rafael Pérez Cristiá says.

But the island nation's drug regulator also faces a number of challenges, such as the agency reviewers keeping up with...