Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs is relatively a new profession that deals with the registration
of medicinal and other health care products with various regulatory agencies to seek the
marketing authorization for the designated market or country. Every nation has established or
authorized a body to regulate the Quality, Safety and Efficacy (QSE) of the medicinal products to
be sold in their territory. Hence, the pharmaceutical, research and clinical industries are
obligated to register their medicinal product by submitting appropriate applications and
supporting data to prove the QSE of the drug products before they are commercialized.
A Regulatory Affairs (RA) professional will serve as a scientific bridge between the govt.
regulatory authorities such as US FDA, EMA, CDSCO etc., and the pharmaceutical industries and
plays a key role in the development, approval and surveillance of safe and effective healthcare
products worldwide. They ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations in the
development and commercialization of medicinal products.
RA professional is responsible to prepare Marketing Authorization Application (Dossier) in the
required format as per the stipulated country specific regulations and guidelines and
presentation of documents to the Regulatory Agencies or Authorities. RA professionals should
read, understand and interpret the country specific regulations and guidelines and provide
scientific guidance to the pharmaceutical & research industries to generate the necessary firsttime-right scientific data to justify the Quality, Safety and Efficacy of a medicinal product
thereby accelerating the registration and approval of the health products.
RA professionals are in great demand across the globe with lucrative job opportunities. It is
among one of the highly paid professions in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry.
Potential employers for RA professionals also include the govt. agencies such as CDSCO, US FDA,
Health Canada, UK MHRA, TGA Australia etc. RA is a challenging subject and always evolving
with new technology in medicine and its corresponding regulations. An RA professional will
enjoy the freedom of working remotely and also to work as consultant to multiple
organizations. Regulatory Affairs covers a wide variety of disciplines and job responsibilities
such as Chemistry, Manufacturing & Controls (CMC) Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Regulatory
Affairs, Medical Device Regulatory Affairs, Biologics Regulatory Affairs, Natural Health Products
Regulatory Affairs, Cosmetics Regulatory Affairs etc.
An ideal RA professional should have a strong business acumen, curiosity of new learning, an
eye for details, strong scientific knowledge, communication skills and should continue to update
their knowledge to adjust in the rapidly shifting biopharmaceutical industry. RA professionals
plays key role in the industry in bringing the products into commercialization and making sure
safe and effective healthcare products are available worldwide.
This course is personalized to meet professional and developmental needs and enables students
to acquire strong fundamental knowledge in the field of global regulatory affairs. Having a
certification in this course will help students to stand out of the crowd and gives confidence to
the employer to hire you as their candidate of choice.
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