Magister Pharmaceuticae - MPharm / Medicines have to be regulated in an effort to monitor their quality, safety, and efficacy. The process of medicines registration is lengthy, costly, and document-heavy. Many countries have limited expertise and resources at national medicines regulatory authorities (NMRAs) and some countries have adopted unified approaches to medicines registration legislation. Harmonised guidelines and initiatives have been adopted in South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). However, there are no studies that have identified the effects of these initiatives and guidelines on major stakeholders such as the pharmaceutical industry and regulators.

Magister Pharmaceuticae - MPharm / Regulatory Affairs (RA), within the pharmaceutical business, could be a profession that covers different registration parameters of a pharmaceutical product. This is a profession that was developed to protect the public by providing smart, quality, safe and efficacious pharmaceutical products. However, it is not clear if the personnel possess the fundamental education and training required to perform the roles and responsibilities in this profession. The study aimed to explore the educational training and role of RA associates/officers in pharmaceutical corporations in Gauteng, South Africa. The study was a cross-sectional survey, which utilized Google forms with both open and closed-ended questions. Using descriptive statistics, it was found that the majority of the participants (78.3%) (RA assistants, officers, and scientists) indicated that the knowledge for most of the responsibilities they carry out was acquired through informal training (i.e., learning on the job).

The fashion industry is not only known for its creativity and innovation, but also for its contribution to environmental pollution, climate change as well as for social imbalances and poverty. Ecological and societal standards have so far only played a minor role in this industry for production and distribution as well as for consumers for their consumption and disposal behaviour. However, in order to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals and prevent the maximum damage caused by pollution and exploitation, it is necessary to act more rapidly and consistently. Governmental control instruments can help to address those responsible, to regulate the market and to encourage improvements towards a more sustainable economy. The aim of this work is to develop a feasible governmental control instrument for the textile sector in order to provide possible solutions for some of the existing problems. Three different cases of already implemented policies in the food sector will be analysed and evaluated in order to detect the best-case policy with regard to sustainability as a basis for a derivation. The findings of the derived outcome will then be examined by experts in order to validate it. Finally, a recommendation summarises the findings of the literature review, the transfer of knowledge as well as the expert assessments. The result of this research paper is a control instrument derived from the food industry, which was evaluated with the help of expert interviews and has the potential to make the textile market more sustainable in the long term.

MedTech firms experience barriers when entering the healthcare sector, although their solutions could solve healthcare challenges. The study provides a conceptual framework for MedTech firms' business environment including institutional alignments and misalignments. These insights support MedTech firms' business model development when aiming for successful commercialization. The research is conducted with a multiple case study analyzing MedTech firms' and healthcare organizations' perspective regarding the business environment and relationship dynamics. The study generated three main findings. Firstly, an organizational and institutional logic analysis outlined essential problem areas where MedTech firms and healthcare organizations align differently. Secondly, suggestions on how the MedTech firm can respond to the identified problem areas through their business model are presented. Thirdly, the study provides an example of how social- and business literature can be connected to understand complex business environments. In contrast to a majority of prior research, the study is designed for the MedTech firm's perspective where the final result answering how the business model can be improved based on healthcare organizational and business insights.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide and the solid tumor type for which the highest number of drugs have been approved to date. This study examines new drug approvals for breast cancer by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA), based on an analysis of regulatory documents from both agencies for the period from 1995 to 2018. Of the 29 breast cancer drugs approved over this time span, 17 received positive decisions from both the FDA and EMA, including all drugs licensed after 2008. Nineteen of the 25 FDA-approved drugs, but none of the EMA approvals, benefited from special regulatory pathways (such as fast track, breakthrough therapy, or priority review). In the U.S.A., four accelerated approvals were granted (of which one, for bevacizumab, was later revoked), while only two drugs received provisional approvals following EMA review. New breast cancer drugs were approved approximately twelve months earlier in the United States than in Europe. These results suggest that a broader use of special regulatory pathways by EMA could help to accelerate access to novel drugs for European breast cancer patients.

O controle sanitário no Brasil merece elevado nível de consideração, pois caracteriza-se por grande importância social e econômica. Abrange um leque grande de produtos e serviços de diversas naturezas, como: medicamentos, alimentos, produtos biológicos, vacinas, hemoderivados, saneantes e desinfetantes, produtos de higiene pessoal, perfumes e cosméticos, controle dos portos, aeroportos, estações de fronteiras e uma ampla variedade de serviços à saúde. A Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA) foi criada no Brasil especificamente conforme artigo 3º da Lei nº 9782/1999, sendo relativamente recente comparando-se com as agências regulatórias no âmbito internacional, e desde então evoluiu, angariando respeito no nível nacional e internacional. Outras agências reguladoras igualmente importantes abrangem variedades de produtos e serviços semelhantes à ANVISA. Inclusive a Food and Drug Administration - (FDA) e a European Medicines Agency (EMA) apresentam em seu \"rool\" de medicamentos os veterinários, enquanto que no Brasil este tipo de produto é regulamentado pelo Ministério de Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA). O processo de registro no sistema de vigilância sanitária é um recurso de grande valia para assegurar a comercialização de produtos seguros e eficazes disponíveis à sociedade. Qualquer falha na cadeia produtiva pode impactar nos critérios de qualidade. Assim, a regulamentação sanitária sobre medicamentos abrange toda a cadeia farmacêutica desde o início dos estudos de pesquisa clínica até normas referente à publicidade. O objetivo desse trabalho é contribuir na promoção do conhecimento de regulação sanitária para os medicamentos pelo estudo da estrutura organizacional e atribuições da ANVISA, e paralelamente, efetuar a análise e comparação da regulamentação sanitária entre as diferentes categorias de medicamentos, bem como discutir a estratégia regulatória adotada pelo setor farmacêutico. Como material dessa pesquisa, empregou-se essencialmente, a regulamentação sanitária farmacêutica nacional, tendo como contrapontos a situação política e econômica do país, pautando-se como método a pesquisa qualitativa utilizando-se do modelo documental. Com vistas à estrutura organizacional das agências reguladoras de medicamentos descritas neste trabalho, verificou-se semelhanças inerentes as concepções técnicas e regulatórias, diferenciando-se, principalmente, da brasileira pelo fato dos medicamentos de uso humano e veterinário não estarem contemplados sob a responsabilidade da mesma instituição. Dentre as sete categorias de medicamentos estudadas, a composição técnica de seus dossiês de registro são consideravelmente análogas, sendo distintas as exigências regulatórias tangíveis aos quesitos específicos inerentes a cada tipo de medicamento. No período analisado (2009 a 2010), com o intuito de retratar a tendência regulatória adotada pelo setor farmacêutico brasileiro, as categorias de medicamentos genéricos e similares são as que mais apresentaram solicitações e deferimentos de registros no país. / The sanitary control in Brazil deserves a high level of consideration, because it is characterized by large social and economic importance. It encompasses a wide variety of products and services of various natures, as medicines, food, biological products, vaccines, blood products, sanitizing and disinfectants, toiletries, perfumes and cosmetics, control of ports, airports, frontiers stations and an extensive variety of health services. The National Agency for Sanitary Surveillance (ANVISA) was created in Brazil specifically as Article 3 of Law No. 9782/1999 and is relatively recent compared with regulatory agencies internationally, and has since evolved, gaining respect in the national and international level . Other regulatory agencies equally encompass important varieties of products and services similar from ANVISA. Even the Food and Drug Administration - (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) in its present \"rool\" medicine veterinarians, while in Brazil this type of product is regulated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA). The registration process in health monitoring system is a very valuable resource to ensure that commercialization of safe and effective products available to society. Any failure in the supply chain can impact on the quality criteria. Thus, the sanitary regulation on medicines covers the entire pharmaceutical chain since the early clinical research studies relating to the advertising standards. The objective of this work is to contribute in promoting knowledge of sanitary regulation for medicines by studying the organizational structure and responsibilities of ANVISA, and in parallel, perform analysis and comparison of the sanitary regulation between different categories of medicines, as well as discuss the regulatory strategy adopted by the pharmaceutical industry. As material of this research, we used essentially the national pharmaceutical the sanitary regulation, having as counterpoints the political and economic situation of the country, basing itself as a qualitative research method using the model document. With views to the organizational structure of drug regulatory agencies described in this study, it was found similarities inherent in the concepts and techniques regulatory, differentiating itself mainly by the fact that the Brazilian medicines for human and veterinary use are not covered under the responsibility of the same institution. Among the seven categories of drugs studied, the technical composition of their registration dossiers are considerably analogous, with different regulatory demands tangible to specific questions related to each type of medicine. In the analyzed period (2009 to 2010), in order to portray the regulatory trend adopted by the Brazilian pharmaceutical sector, the categories of generic medicines and similar are the ones that submitted more requests for deferrals and registries in the country.

O controle sanitário no Brasil merece elevado nível de consideração, pois caracteriza-se por grande importância social e econômica. Abrange um leque grande de produtos e serviços de diversas naturezas, como: medicamentos, alimentos, produtos biológicos, vacinas, hemoderivados, saneantes e desinfetantes, produtos de higiene pessoal, perfumes e cosméticos, controle dos portos, aeroportos, estações de fronteiras e uma ampla variedade de serviços à saúde. A Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA) foi criada no Brasil especificamente conforme artigo 3º da Lei nº 9782/1999, sendo relativamente recente comparando-se com as agências regulatórias no âmbito internacional, e desde então evoluiu, angariando respeito no nível nacional e internacional. Outras agências reguladoras igualmente importantes abrangem variedades de produtos e serviços semelhantes à ANVISA. Inclusive a Food and Drug Administration - (FDA) e a European Medicines Agency (EMA) apresentam em seu \"rool\" de medicamentos os veterinários, enquanto que no Brasil este tipo de produto é regulamentado pelo Ministério de Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA). O processo de registro no sistema de vigilância sanitária é um recurso de grande valia para assegurar a comercialização de produtos seguros e eficazes disponíveis à sociedade. Qualquer falha na cadeia produtiva pode impactar nos critérios de qualidade. Assim, a regulamentação sanitária sobre medicamentos abrange toda a cadeia farmacêutica desde o início dos estudos de pesquisa clínica até normas referente à publicidade. O objetivo desse trabalho é contribuir na promoção do conhecimento de regulação sanitária para os medicamentos pelo estudo da estrutura organizacional e atribuições da ANVISA, e paralelamente, efetuar a análise e comparação da regulamentação sanitária entre as diferentes categorias de medicamentos, bem como discutir a estratégia regulatória adotada pelo setor farmacêutico. Como material dessa pesquisa, empregou-se essencialmente, a regulamentação sanitária farmacêutica nacional, tendo como contrapontos a situação política e econômica do país, pautando-se como método a pesquisa qualitativa utilizando-se do modelo documental. Com vistas à estrutura organizacional das agências reguladoras de medicamentos descritas neste trabalho, verificou-se semelhanças inerentes as concepções técnicas e regulatórias, diferenciando-se, principalmente, da brasileira pelo fato dos medicamentos de uso humano e veterinário não estarem contemplados sob a responsabilidade da mesma instituição. Dentre as sete categorias de medicamentos estudadas, a composição técnica de seus dossiês de registro são consideravelmente análogas, sendo distintas as exigências regulatórias tangíveis aos quesitos específicos inerentes a cada tipo de medicamento. No período analisado (2009 a 2010), com o intuito de retratar a tendência regulatória adotada pelo setor farmacêutico brasileiro, as categorias de medicamentos genéricos e similares são as que mais apresentaram solicitações e deferimentos de registros no país. / The sanitary control in Brazil deserves a high level of consideration, because it is characterized by large social and economic importance. It encompasses a wide variety of products and services of various natures, as medicines, food, biological products, vaccines, blood products, sanitizing and disinfectants, toiletries, perfumes and cosmetics, control of ports, airports, frontiers stations and an extensive variety of health services. The National Agency for Sanitary Surveillance (ANVISA) was created in Brazil specifically as Article 3 of Law No. 9782/1999 and is relatively recent compared with regulatory agencies internationally, and has since evolved, gaining respect in the national and international level . Other regulatory agencies equally encompass important varieties of products and services similar from ANVISA. Even the Food and Drug Administration - (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) in its present \"rool\" medicine veterinarians, while in Brazil this type of product is regulated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA). The registration process in health monitoring system is a very valuable resource to ensure that commercialization of safe and effective products available to society. Any failure in the supply chain can impact on the quality criteria. Thus, the sanitary regulation on medicines covers the entire pharmaceutical chain since the early clinical research studies relating to the advertising standards. The objective of this work is to contribute in promoting knowledge of sanitary regulation for medicines by studying the organizational structure and responsibilities of ANVISA, and in parallel, perform analysis and comparison of the sanitary regulation between different categories of medicines, as well as discuss the regulatory strategy adopted by the pharmaceutical industry. As material of this research, we used essentially the national pharmaceutical the sanitary regulation, having as counterpoints the political and economic situation of the country, basing itself as a qualitative research method using the model document. With views to the organizational structure of drug regulatory agencies described in this study, it was found similarities inherent in the concepts and techniques regulatory, differentiating itself mainly by the fact that the Brazilian medicines for human and veterinary use are not covered under the responsibility of the same institution. Among the seven categories of drugs studied, the technical composition of their registration dossiers are considerably analogous, with different regulatory demands tangible to specific questions related to each type of medicine. In the analyzed period (2009 to 2010), in order to portray the regulatory trend adopted by the Brazilian pharmaceutical sector, the categories of generic medicines and similar are the ones that submitted more requests for deferrals and registries in the country.