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Welcoming Remarks and Session 1: Regional and National Regulatory Updates
Session Chair(s)
Sonia Viejobueno, LLM
US and Latin America Policy Lead, Global Regulatory Policy and Intelligence
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Argentina
Regulatory systems play a crucial role in health systems by ensuring that medicines and other health technologies, including vaccines, blood and blood products, medical devices, among others that are released for the population, are properly evaluated and meet international standards of safety, quality, and effectiveness. This session will gather regulators from Latin America and the Caribbean, who will provide a summary of the progress made on their regulatory projects, take stock of their experiences responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and describe their plans and priorities for 2022 and beyond.
Learning Objective : At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:- Recognize the responsibilities or regulators in improving access to safe, efficacious, and quality medical products
- Distinguish main actions and best practices implemented by health authorities in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Identify current and future regulatory projects and priorities from regulators in the region
Speaker(s)
Moving Forward on the Recommendations of the Report on Regulatory Systems Strengthening in the Americas
Maria Luz Pombo
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), United States
Advisor, Vaccines and Biotechnological Products, Health Systems and Services
Regulatory Updates for the Region of Central America
Leonardo Sánchez, PharmD
Agencia de Regulación Sanitaria HONDURAS, Honduras
Comisionado Adjunto
Regulatory Updates for the Region of the Caribbean
Joy St.John
Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Trinidad And Tobago
Executive Director
Regulatory Updates for Peru
Ana Gabriela Silva Flor de Olortegui, RPh
DIGEMID, Peru
Executive Director of the Pharmaceutical Products Department
Speaker
Miriam Jackeline Jackeline Loera Rosales
COFEPRIS, Mexico
International Affairs Director
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