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Brazil and Argentina Join Talks To Create Latin American & Caribbean Regulator

 
• By Francesca Bruce

The number of regulators formally agreeing to work towards creating a Latin American regulator is growing.

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Two of Latin America’s most well-established regulators, Brazil’s Anvisa and Argentina’s Anmat, have signed up to moving ahead to create a medicines regulator for Latin America and the Caribbean. The addition of the two influential bodies could help drive the project forward, after it was initiated by three other regulatory agencies earlier this year.

Cofepris, Invima and Cecmed, regulators in Mexico, Colombia and Cuba respectively, signed the Acapulco Declaration In April to formalize talks...

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