Latin America increasingly happy to rely on judgement of external regulators

As a functional, practical and intelligent way to regulate medical products in today’s globalized world - especially with increasing public health needs, limited resources and demand for faster and better treatments - the use of regulatory decisions from other jurisdictions represents a powerful and effective alternative.

Latin America is moving towards the increasing use of these regulatory pathways of reliance. Undoubtedly, Brazil is the pioneer in this field, but Argentina, Peru, Mexico and Panama have also started to integrate these practices and have recorded positive experiences in areas such as international certification of good manufacturing practices and collaboration with regulators abroad.

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