Advancing Global Collaboration for Drug Testing, Regulation, and Manufacturing.

DRUG laws; DRUG efficacy; DRUG approval; GOVERNMENT regulation; WORLD health; UNITED States. Food & Drug Administration; MEDICAL protocols; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; MEDICAL research; BIOETHICS

The article reports that regulatory authorities and biopharma companies are engaged in a range of collaborations to harmonize research methods, approval standards, and quality production methods key to expanding global drug production. Topics include importance of collaboration to speed biomedical research efforts and to ensure broad access to quality medicines and vaccines; and Pharmaceutical manufacturers in Europe are working to ensure equitable access to vaccines.