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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Regulatory Collaboration and System Strengthening – Workshop Synopsis
This CIRS multi-stakeholder workshop examined success factors for strengthening regulatory systems to support the implementation of collaborative models.
Workshop Report – Regulatory and HTA collaborative models
In this workshop, CIRS brought together senior representatives from regulators, HTA agencies, pharmaceutical companies, payers, academics and patient organisations to discuss the impact of regulatory and HTA collaborative models and …
Ensuring efficiency and effectiveness of Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA) – Wang 2025
Background: This study explored the readiness and strategic considerations of companies and key stakeholders for the implementation of the Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA) under the European Health Technology Assessment Regulation …
Q1 2025 Newsletter
Take a look at our latest newsletter, which shares updates on key research activities and publications in the first quarter of 2025. Download newsletter
CIRS RD Briefing 97 – Access Consortium and Project Orbis Approvals Across Eight Regulators
This R&D Briefing builds upon the Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science (CIRS)’s long-standing efforts to examine trends and practices in regulatory approvals. For over 20 years, CIRS has been …
Economic impact of reliance on an African regulator – Danks 2025
Background and Objectives The inherited backlog of 16,000 medicines applications of the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) was cleared through facilitated review pathways that included reliance on prior …
Review of 2024 CIRS activities
We’re pleased to share a high-level summary of what CIRS got up to last year, including key research outputs and meetings. Our full 2024 Annual Report will be published in …
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 for …
Suggested Improvements to the EAC-MRH Joint Review Process – Ngum 2025
Background In 2012, the East African Community Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (EAC-MRH) initiative was established to improve access to safe, effective, and high-quality medical products to patients in the East African …
CIRS RD Briefing 98 – European HTA trends: HTA outcomes and timelines across seven markets 2019-2023
This R&D Briefing presents data from HTADock, an ongoing CIRS metrics study that collects publicly available data on new active substances (NASs) appraised by key international HTA agencies. It focuses …
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 area …
Comparison of good review practices in ECOWAS – Owusu-Asante 2025
Introduction: When implemented by national and regional regulatory agencies good review practices (GRevPs) support the timely high-quality review of medicines for enhanced patients’ availability to safe, quality and efficacious innovative …
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 achieve …
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 Tuesday 28 …
Evaluation of Zambian Medicines Regulatory Authority review process – Chisha 2024
Purpose: This study aimed to assess the current regulatory review process of the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) by identifying the key milestones and target timelines achieved for products approved …