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WHO’s New Regulatory Benchmarking Framework To Go Live This Year

Egyptian And Nigerian Agencies Reach ‘Maturity Level 3’

 
• By Ian Schofield

A new list of national regulators that want to be seen as meeting the highest international regulatory standards has been drawn up by the WHO in a drive to foster regulatory convergence and harmonization.

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The WHO wants to see more alignment among world regulatory bodies • Source: Alamy

The World Health Organization is preparing to introduce its new framework for designating national regulatory agencies as “WHO-Listed Authorities” (WLAs) – those that meet WHO and internationally recognized standards and guidelines as well as following good regulatory practices.

National regulators will be evaluated over the coming five years using the latest version of the WHO’s Global Benchmarking Tool...

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