Regulators across the globe have hailed collaboration, and in particular regulatory reliance and worksharing initiatives, as the future of drug regulation. Schemes such as Project Orbis, the ACCESS Consortium, and the UK’s new International Recognition Procedure (IRP) promise not only to improve cross-border harmonization, but also to speed up patient access to drugs in countries outside of the US and EU.
While many longstanding regulatory reliance (RR) pathways were introduced to improve access to medicines in lower-income countries, there has been...








