Mexico, Colombia and Cuba Formalize Talks On New Latin American Regulator

 
• By Francesca Bruce
  
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Medicines regulators from Mexico, Colombia and Cuba have pledged to create a new agency for medicines and medical devices of Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Cofepris, Invima and Cecmed, the medicine regulators in Mexico, Colombia and Cuba respectively, have signed a declaration to formalize talks on creating a new regional medicines regulator for Latin America and the Caribbean. The Acapulco Declaration represents a “major milestone” in the journey to establish the agency, make the region more self-sufficient in health care and bring safe, effective and quality medicines more swiftly to patients, said Alejandro Svarch Pérez, director of Cofepris.

The declaration was signed in Acapulco, Mexico, on 26 April and follows proposals made earlier this year on creating a...

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