Medicines

Model web site for medicines regulatory authorities


Summary

  • Drug regulatory information has to be made more widely available and more easily accessible.
  • WHO is developing a model web site to guide national DRAs in creating user-friendly web sites for health professionals, consumers/patients, other national DRAs and industry.
  • The benefits the national DRAs will gain from the model web site initiative will contribute to:
    • Increase the transparency of their own activities;
    • Improve collaboration between national DRAs, health professionals and academics;
    • Improve the public health impact of drug regulatory work;
    • Facilitate networking between national DRAs to solve drug regulation problems;
    • Offer reliable and unbiased drug information to guide Internet use.
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