Publications
CIRS publishes insights from its research and meetings in several forms:
- R&D Briefings – research papers produced by the CIRS team e.g. annual regulatory and HTA benchmarking briefings
- Journal articles – peer reviewed academic research papers
- Reports – from CIRS workshops and externally commissioned research projects, as well as CIRS Annual Reports
- Books – research theses from CIRS-supported PhD students
- Posters – presented at external conferences
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Sithole et al 2021 – Regulatory review process in Zimbabwe
Purpose: The aims of this study were to assess the current regulatory review process of the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ), identify key milestones and target timelines, evaluate the …
Wang et al 2020 – Companies’ HTA strategies and practices
Background: Health technology assessment (HTA) has increased in importance in supporting payer decision making by assessing the relative effectiveness and cost effectiveness of new medicines. Thus, pharmaceutical companies need to address …
CIRS and CoRE sign Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate opportunities for collaboration
We are proud to announce that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is now in place between the Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science (CIRS) and the Duke-National University of Singapore …
Keyter et al 2020 – A proposed regulatory review model to support SAHPRA
Background: National regulatory agencies of various sizes and maturity levels, including the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), have had to revise systems and re-engineer processes in order to …
2019 Workshop report – Optimising the regulatory review process by evaluating performance and addressing good reliance practices
This workshop was part of a series of workshops on reliance, which continues to be an important area of focus for CIRS. It builds on the outcomes of a workshop …
New project for ICH
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been selected by the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals (ICH) to undertake an assessment of regulatory agencies’ and companies’ perspectives …
Dr Liberti presents on Facilitated Regulatory Pathways
Last week CIRS Head of Regulatory Collaborations and RAPS board member Dr Lawrence Liberti discussed “Challenges and Opportunities for Using Facilitated Regulatory Pathways (FRPs) in Mature and Emerging Markets” as …
2019 Workshop report – Identifying and understanding uncertainty during development
This workshop was a follow-on from a collaborative forum held in Utrecht in 2018 entitled What new research can enable a joint approach by regulatory and HTA agencies to manage …
Liberti et al 2020 – Evaluation of the Caribbean Regulatory System centralised assessment process
Background: The Caribbean Regulatory System is a centralized medicine assessment procedure established to serve the needs of the Member States of the CARICOM region. In order to better understand the …
Wang et al 2020 – Benchmarking HTA agencies: methodological challenges and recommendations
Objectives: The objectives of the study were to establish a benchmarking tool to collect metrics to enable increased clarity regarding the differences and similarities across health technology assessment (HTA) agencies, …
Roadmap for Regulatory Performance
Every regulatory authority in the world has an ambition to improve its performance. In order to achieve this, agencies often establish performance indicators which they use for measuring and monitoring …
CIRS 2019 Annual Report
We’re delighted to present the inaugural CIRS Annual Report, which provides a summary of projects and workshops undertaken in 2019, as well as a historical perspective of CIRS achievements over …
An independent perspective on the East African Community Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation initiative
African regulators are taking bold transformative steps to optimise the effective and efficient use of their agency resources to assure access to quality, safe and effective medicines. In particular, the …
CIRS RD Briefing 78 – HTA outcomes in Australia, Canada and Europe 2015-2019
This Briefing presents data from HTADock, an ongoing metrics study that collects data on new active substances (NASs) appraised by eight HTA agencies and analyses synchronisation between the regulatory decision …
Regulatory observations across Latin America
As numerous factors have recently contributed to changes in the regulatory environment, we have been monitoring and analysing structural regulatory issues affecting overall access to medicines in the Latin Americas. …