Twenty years ago, participants at a CIRS workshop explored ideas that at the time appeared ambitious, including rolling reviews, facilitated regulatory pathways, collaborative assessments and real-time data sharing. Many [...]
This poster was presented at DIA 2026 and examines the development of the African Medicines Agency (AMA), tracing its evolution from the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation (AMRH) Programme to its [...]
The CIRS 2025 Annual Report highlights a year of independent research, global stakeholder engagement and evidence-based insights aimed at advancing regulatory and health technology assessment (HTA) policies and processes. Inside [...]
Baseline mapping of national HTA authorities across the EU and EEA The EU Health Technology Assessment Regulation (HTAR) has moved from policy to practice, with Joint Clinical Assessments (JCAs) [...]
Overview Health technology assessment (HTA) plays a key role in supporting evidence-informed healthcare decision making, pricing, reimbursement, and coverage decisions worldwide. As countries seek to strengthen health policy and [...]
We are pleased to share the latest CIRS newsletter with you, providing an update on our recent activities, research outputs, and upcoming work across medicine regulation and HTA. 🔍In [...]
Overview This R&D Briefing presents the Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science (CIRS) annual analysis of new active substance (NAS) approvals by six major regulatory authorities: the European Medicines [...]
Watch Webinar Recording Join us for a webinar on regulatory reliance on Tuesday 30 June 9 AM Mexico 10 AM Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, EST 11am Chile 12 PM Argentina, [...]
A CIRS-Utrecht University workshop explored different stakeholders' early experiences of Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA), considering practical implementation of JCA outputs into national HTA decision making. Download the full [...]
This peer-reviewed publication, co-authored by researchers from the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA), CIRS, and the University of the Witwatersrand, evaluates the quality of decision making practices used by [...]
