2025 CIRS Research Agenda
We're pleased to announce that CIRS has published a new Research Agenda, which can be downloaded here. This brochure outlines our research priorities for 2024-2026 as well as plans [...]
Latest CIRS activities on rare diseases
In recognition of Rare Disease Day today, we wanted to share what CIRS has been up to recently to help advance regulatory and HTA policies and processes in the [...]
CIRS participates in new RDI-Lancet Commission on Rare Diseases
CIRS is participating in the Rare Diseases International-Lancet Commission on Rare Diseases (RDI-LCRD), which aims to catalyse global recognition and action for people living with a rare disease, driving systemic change to [...]
Webinar on Public Assessment Reports (PARs)
If you missed it, you can watch the full webinar here, available in Spanish, English and Portuguese. Join us for a webinar on public assessment reports (PARs) on [...]
Is collaboration between and across regulatory and HTA agencies the answer to access challenges?
More collaborative initiatives are taking place among regulatory agencies, health technology assessment (HTA) bodies and between regulatory and HTA agencies at national and regional levels. This blog by Martina [...]
Strategies for regulatory alignment in East Africa
As part of the Optimising Efficiencies in Regulatory Agencies (OpERA) programme, CIRS has been working closely with regulatory agencies in the East African Community Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation (EAC-MRH) initiative to evaluate [...]
Regulatory processes for rare disease drugs in the US and EU: National Academies study supported by CIRS
A new report from the NASEM Health and Medicine Division offers recommendations for enhancing rare disease drug development. CIRS is delighted to have been able to collaborate with NASEM [...]
Incentives for rare disease products
The Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science (CIRS) held a multi-stakeholder workshop that examined current regulatory and reimbursement frameworks for rare disease products (orphan drugs), reviewing how these can [...]
Latest CIRS research posters
So far 2024 has been a busy year conference wise for CIRS! CIRS staff have presented work and/or moderated sessions at several conferences including DIA Europe, RAPS Euro Convergence, [...]
Establishing a baseline for monitoring the impact of the EU HTA Regulation
Timely availability of new medicines to patients is crucial for public health. This process involves several phases: the time taken for regulatory approval, the time to health technology assessment [...]