CIRS 2024 Annual Report
Explore how the Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science (CIRS) is shaping the future of regulatory and health technology assessment (HTA) policy worldwide. We're delighted to present our latest [...]
CIRS RD Briefing 99 – First HTA outcomes and timelines for oncology medicines approved by EMA 2018-2023
This R&D Briefing presents data from HTADock, an ongoing CIRS benchmarking study that collects publicly available data on new active substances (NASs) appraised by key international HTA agencies. This CIRS [...]
CIRS RD Briefing 101 – New drug approvals by six major authorities 2015-2024
This R&D Briefing presents the results from the Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science (CIRS) annual analysis of new active substance (NAS) approvals by six major regulatory agencies: the [...]
Comparison of review models and timelines in ECOWAS – Owusu-Asante 2025
Introduction National regulatory medicines authorities (NRAs) are mandated to ensure timely access to high-quality, safe and efficacious medical products, primarily achieved through a marketing authorisation procedure established in each [...]
Structured benefit risk assessment: South African regulator case study – Danks 2025
This study investigates the utility of the Universal Methodology for Benefit-Risk Assessment (UMBRA) framework within the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) to determine whether adopting a structured [...]
July Newsletter
Take a look at our latest newsletter, which shares updates on key research activities and publications in the second quarter of 2025. Download newsletter
Testing the UMBRA benefit-risk tool in a South African agency
Objectives Regulators must balance medicine benefits and risks while ensuring consistency, transparency, and efficiency in decision-making and the aim of this study was to assess UMBRA’s impact on SAHPRA [...]
Assessing Good Review Practices at the FDA Ghana
Objectives To identify the current perspective of the FDA Ghana in the implementation of Good Review Practices, provide a baseline on the knowledge, attitudes, practices, as well as identify [...]
Proposed Model for EAC MRH Joint Review
Objectives 1. To investigate ways in which the regional initiative could be well coordinated.2. To propose an improved model for the East African Medicine Regulatory Harmonisation Initiative joint assessments.3. [...]
Evaluating Quality of Decision Making within the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority
Objectives To assess the quality of the decision-making process followed by regulatory reviewers, explore their perceptions of the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) decision-making approach, and evaluate the usefulness [...]