Global Regulatory Resources
Official references for pharmaceutical, biologic, medical device and IVD quality professionals. Explore manufacturing, quality systems, investigations and post-market requirements by jurisdiction.
Start with the jurisdiction where you manufacture or market your product. Within each juristiction, you can select your regulation or guidance type, specific to your industry. Use the international frameworks and standards alongside local requirements, checking how each jurisdiction adopts them. The labels distinguish laws and regulations from guidance, standards and audit programs.
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Select a jurisdiction to explore its references. Labels distinguish laws, regulations, guidance, standards, audit programs and directories.
Argentina
Spanish sources. Use the regulatory directories to check amendments and the requirements applicable to the product and establishment.
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- ANMAT medicines regulations
Find medicinal-product manufacturing, GMP, inspections and corrective-action references.
DirectorySpanish - Pharmaceutical GMP — Disposición 4159/2023
Access the official adoption of the GMP guide for manufacturers, importers and exporters of human medicines, with its annex.
RegulationSpanish
Medical Devices / IVDs
- ANMAT medical device regulations
Locate device and IVD GMP, including Disposición 3266/2013, and related regulatory references.
DirectorySpanish - Device establishment authorization — declaration route
Review the establishment declaration process under Disposición 8799/2025 for eligible Class I/II devices and Class A/B IVDs.
GuidanceSpanish
Australia
Shared legislation & safety
- Australian therapeutic goods legislation
Locate the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989, regulations and manufacturing instruments.
Directory - TGA recalls and product corrections
Plan market actions for medicines and devices, including risk assessment, notification and corrective action.
Guidance
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- Australian medicinal GMP requirements
Identify the PIC/S medicinal GMP edition adopted in Australia and its local exclusions.
Guidance
Medical Devices / IVDs
- TGA device QMS audits
Review device conformity-assessment audit expectations and manufacturer and sponsor responsibilities.
Guidance
Brazil
Shared legislation & safety
- ANVISA manufacturing and GMP overview
Find pharmaceutical and device GMP, inspection and certification regulatory references.
Directory
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- Brazil pharmaceutical GMP: RDC 658/2022
Review general pharmaceutical GMP requirements in ANVISA’s linked legislation repository.
RegulationPortuguese · English link label - RDC 658 pharmaceutical GMP amendment (2025)
Read the amendment to Article 372 of the general pharmaceutical GMP resolution.
RegulationPortuguese · English link label
Medical Devices / IVDs
- Brazil device / IVD GMP: RDC 665/2022
Review Brazilian device and IVD quality-system and manufacturing requirements.
RegulationPortuguese · English link label - ANVISA device and IVD framework
Locate device and IVD classification, market authorization and essential-principles references.
Directory
Canada
Shared legislation & safety
- Canada Food and Drugs Act
Consult the enabling statute for Canadian drug, biologic and medical device regulation.
Law
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- Canada Food and Drug Regulations
Locate pharmaceutical GMP in Part C, Division 2 and other applicable drug and biologic provisions.
Regulation - Health Canada drug GMP guide
Review pharmaceutical quality systems, investigations, laboratory controls, complaints and release expectations.
Guidance - API GMP Guidelines — GUI-0104
GMP guidance for active pharmaceutical ingredients and their intermediates.
Guidance - Sterile Drug Manufacture — GUI-0119
Annex 1 guidance for the manufacture of sterile drugs.
Guidance
Medical Devices / IVDs
- Canada Medical Devices Regulations
Find device licensing, quality-system certification, complaint, incident and recall requirements.
Regulation - Health Canada device guidance
Locate quality-system, MDSAP, incident reporting and recall guidance through the official device index.
Directory - Health Canada and MDSAP
Understand Health Canada’s use of MDSAP for medical device quality-system oversight.
Audit program
China
NMPA’s English resources provide a starting point. Consult the operative Chinese instruments and applicable annexes for implementation.
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- China Drug Administration Law
Review the pharmaceutical quality, manufacturing and marketing-authorization-holder statutory framework.
LawEnglish translation; Chinese text governs - China pharmaceutical GMP
Locate pharmaceutical quality-system, manufacturing, laboratory, deviation and complaint requirements.
RegulationEnglish translation; Chinese text governs
Medical Devices / IVDs
- NMPA device / IVD regulations directory
Locate official English registration, IVD, manufacturing and distribution regulatory references.
Directory - China device manufacturing provisions
Review device manufacturing oversight, registrant responsibilities and quality-system controls.
RegulationEnglish translation; Chinese text governs - China revised device GMP: 2025 No. 107
Identify the revised device GMP and the supersession of the former 2014 GMP announcement.
RegulationEnglish announcement; operative GMP Chinese
European Union / EEA
Regional resources are grouped here; national competent-authority duties may apply in addition. Check the conditions and dates of any legacy-device transition.
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- EU human medicines legal framework
Locate the legal framework, including Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004.
Directory - EU GMP: EudraLex Volume 4
Find pharmaceutical quality systems, QC, complaints, recalls, sterile manufacture, computerized systems and batch certification guidance.
Directory - EMA GMP / GDP questions and answers
Consult inspector-agreed interpretations on pharmaceutical quality systems, data integrity and manufacturing controls.
Guidance
Medical Devices / IVDs
- EU MDR / IVDR legal framework
Access MDR, IVDR, implementing measures and conditional transition resources.
Directory - MDCG device and IVD guidance
Find QMS, vigilance, post-market surveillance and transition interpretations for devices and IVDs.
Directory
India
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- India Drugs and Cosmetics Act
Locate the governing statute for Indian drug and device regulation.
Directory - India Drugs Rules and pharmaceutical GMP
Locate drug manufacturing rules and Schedule M GMP materials alongside amendments.
Directory - India revised Schedule M and amendments
Find revised Schedule M, corrigenda and implementation-related notifications.
Directory
Medical Devices / IVDs
- India Medical Devices Rules
Locate device and IVD rules, including the Fifth Schedule quality-management framework and amendments.
Directory
Indonesia
Indonesian sources. Regulation 5/2026 replaces several older instruments; the retained GMP provisions of Regulation 20/2017 must be read alongside it.
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- BPOM pharmaceutical GMP / CPOB standards
Access pharmaceutical GMP Regulation 7/2024 and its amendment, Regulation 7/2025, through BPOM’s guide directory.
DirectoryIndonesian - BPOM GMP certification and inspection FAQs
Review practical questions on CPOB certification, manufacturing facilities, inspections and supporting documentation.
GuidanceIndonesian
Medical Devices / IVDs
- Health supplies framework — Regulation 5/2026
Review the health-supplies framework and its repeal and retention provisions affecting medical devices and IVDs.
RegulationIndonesian - Device GMP — retained provisions of Regulation 20/2017
Consult Article 2 and Annexes I and II, which Regulation 5/2026 expressly retains; other provisions were repealed.
RegulationIndonesian · Partly repealed - Medical device vigilance — e-Watch
Find the Ministry of Health’s device incident-reporting information and vigilance resources.
GuidanceIndonesian
Israel
Most technical sources are in Hebrew. AMAR is the Ministry of Health’s Medical Devices Division; use its procedures for registration and quality documentation.
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- Pharmaceutical GMP inspection and oversight
Review the ministry’s GMP oversight, manufacturer/importer approvals, inspections and certification responsibilities.
GuidanceHebrew - Pharmacy Division procedures
Search official pharmaceutical procedures, including manufacturing, quality documentation and inspected-site status.
DirectoryHebrew
Medical Devices / IVDs
- Medical Devices Law, 2012
Consult the Knesset’s law record, amendments and related subordinate legislation.
LawHebrew - AMAR medical device guidance
Find device registration, renewal, changes and supporting quality-documentation procedures.
DirectoryHebrew
Japan
PMDA provides English explanatory resources and tentative legal translations. Consult the Japanese instruments for the operative legal text.
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- Japan pharmaceutical GMP inspections
Locate pharmaceutical GMP orders, inspection guidance and computerized-system references.
Directory - Japan GMP and regenerative-product inspections
Distinguish pharmaceutical GMP, device QMS and gene/cellular/tissue-product GCTP inspection pathways.
Directory
Medical Devices / IVDs
- Japan device regulatory framework
Find PMD Act references and risk-based Japanese device approval and certification pathways.
Directory - Japan device QMS: Ordinance 169
Locate Japanese device and IVD quality-system requirements and ISO 13485 comparison materials.
Directory
Malaysia
NPRA regulates pharmaceuticals; MDA regulates medical devices and IVDs. The official directories provide English resources and, where available, Malay legal texts.
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- NPRA drug registration guidance (DRGD)
Access drug and biologic registration guidance, including inspection, licensing, product-quality reporting and recall appendices.
GuidanceEnglish - NPRA GMP, compliance and licensing
Locate pharmaceutical GMP inspection guidance and manufacturing, import and wholesale licensing references.
DirectoryEnglish
Medical Devices / IVDs
- Medical Device Act 2012 and regulations
Locate Act 737, the Medical Device Regulations 2012, establishment obligations and subsequent amendments and orders.
DirectoryEnglish / Malay - MDA device and IVD guidance
Find classification, conformity assessment, quality-system, GDPMD, registration and post-market guidance.
DirectoryEnglish
Mexico
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- Mexico pharmaceutical GMP: NOM-059
Locate the mandatory pharmaceutical GMP norm and its official publication reference.
RegulationSpanish · English link label - NOM-059 pharmaceutical GMP amendment (2025)
Read the pharmaceutical GMP amendment affecting specified controls and imported biotechnology-product release.
RegulationSpanish · English link label
Medical Devices / IVDs
- Mexico device GMP: NOM-241-2025
Locate the current mandatory device manufacturing norm and official legal publication.
RegulationSpanish · English link label - Mexico device technovigilance: NOM-240
Locate the mandatory device technovigilance norm and its official publication.
RegulationSpanish · English link label
New Zealand
Device notification through WAND is distinct from regulatory approval; consult device-category exemptions and IVD guidance.
Shared legislation & safety
- New Zealand medicines and device legislation
Locate the Medicines Act 1981, Medicines Regulations 1984 and device database regulations.
Directory - New Zealand medicines and device recall code
Review recall assessment, notification, investigation and effectiveness-check procedures for medicines and devices.
GuidancePDF
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- New Zealand pharmaceutical GMP code
Locate pharmaceutical GMP and distribution-code resources through Medsafe.
Directory
Medical Devices / IVDs
- New Zealand WAND device notification
Find device sponsor notification guidance and exemptions, including the separate IVD guidance route.
Directory
Saudi Arabia
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- Saudi pharmaceutical implementing regulations
Review the pharmaceutical establishment and product implementing framework.
RegulationPDFEnglish official-hosted translation; Arabic legal text should be consulted - SFDA pharmaceutical GMP guide
Locate the current SFDA-hosted medicinal GMP guide covering manufacturing and quality controls.
Guidance
Medical Devices / IVDs
- Saudi device implementing regulation
Review device establishment, authorization and post-market regulatory provisions.
RegulationPDFEnglish translated copy; Arabic legal text should be consulted - SFDA device QMS inspection requirements
Locate SFDA device QMS and inspection requirements alongside local regulatory obligations.
Regulation - SFDA device vigilance and field actions
Locate adverse-event, complaint investigation and field safety corrective action requirements.
Regulation
Singapore
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- Singapore therapeutic products framework
Locate the Health Products Act and Therapeutic Products Regulations 2016 through HSA’s overview.
Directory - HSA medicinal GMP / GDP standards
Find HSA’s adopted medicinal GMP standard and distribution quality expectations.
Guidance - HSA therapeutic product guidance
Locate quality-system dossiers, manufacturer inspection and other therapeutic-product guidance.
Directory
Medical Devices / IVDs
- Singapore device regulatory framework
Locate the Health Products Act and Medical Devices Regulations 2010 and device licensing pathways.
Directory - HSA device QMS, vigilance and field actions
Find device quality-system, adverse-event and field safety corrective action guidance.
Directory
South Africa
Shared legislation & safety
- South African legislation and gazettes
Locate Medicines and Related Substances Act materials, implementing regulations and device-related notices.
Directory
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- South African medicines GMP guide
Locate South African pharmaceutical GMP guidance and the latest-version route.
Guidance
Medical Devices / IVDs
- SAHPRA devices and IVDs
Find device and IVD establishment regulation, licensing and related official resources.
Directory - SAHPRA device quality manual
Review expected quality-manual content, including QMS procedures, vigilance and change controls.
Guidance
South Korea
Shared legislation & safety
- Korean legislation portal
Locate Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, Medical Devices Act and IVD legislation by title.
DirectoryEnglish translations; Korean text governs
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- MFDS pharmaceutical regulations
Locate MFDS pharmaceutical regulatory publications, including medicinal-product GMP materials.
Directory
Medical Devices / IVDs
- MFDS device / IVD GMP compilation
Locate Korean device, IVD and digital-device GMP rules in a regulator-issued English compilation.
Directory - MFDS device regulations directory
Browse official English medical device regulatory publications and updates.
Directory
Switzerland
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- Swiss therapeutic products legislation
Locate the Therapeutic Products Act and Medicinal Products Licensing Ordinance, including GMP legal references.
DirectoryEnglish index; linked laws mainly German / French / Italian - Swissmedic GMP / GDP interpretations
Find inspection procedures and technical interpretations on GMP, quality reviews, audits and release.
Directory
Medical Devices / IVDs
- Swiss device and IVD legal framework
Locate MedDO SR 812.213, IvDO SR 812.219 and associated Swiss device legislation.
Directory - Swiss incidents and field safety actions
Find Swiss incident and field safety corrective action guidance for manufacturers and other economic operators.
Guidance
Taiwan
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- Taiwan Pharmaceutical Affairs Act
Review the pharmaceutical statutory framework and its commencement provisions.
LawEnglish published by TFDA; confirm operative Chinese text - Taiwan pharmaceutical GMP regulations
Consult pharmaceutical GMP provisions and the mechanism for adopting PIC/S-derived requirements.
RegulationEnglish official translation; Chinese original cross-checked
Medical Devices / IVDs
- Taiwan device QMS regulations
Review the dedicated device quality-system framework issued under the Medical Devices Act.
RegulationEnglish published by TFDA; confirm operative Chinese text - TFDA device and IVD legislation
Find device QMS inspection, distribution, licensing and other regulatory references.
Directory
Thailand
English overviews help with navigation; consult the Thai legal texts and current notifications for operative requirements.
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- Thai FDA medicines laws and regulations
Locate Drug Act and implementing regulatory references through the Thai FDA’s medicines legislation directory.
DirectoryEnglish index / Thai legal sources - Drug licensing, registration and GMP clearance
Review facility licensing, overseas GMP clearance, manufacturing standards and drug and biologic registration.
GuidanceEnglish
Medical Devices / IVDs
- Thai FDA medical device laws and regulations
Locate the Medical Devices Act and notifications covering classification, labeling, establishment registration, incidents and field safety corrective actions.
DirectoryEnglish index / Thai legal sources - Medical device registration and permission
Review the Thai FDA’s overview of manufacturer/importer permissions and risk-based device authorization.
GuidanceEnglish
Turkey (Türkiye)
The GMP guide is available in English. Device PDFs below are the original 2021 texts; check subsequent amendments and transition provisions before applying them.
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- Human medicinal product manufacturing regulation
Consult the official legislation record for human medicinal-product manufacturing plants and GMP responsibilities.
RegulationTurkish - TİTCK medicinal GMP guide — Version 2024/04
Review medicinal-product and API GMP, pharmaceutical quality systems, sterile manufacture, validation, complaints and recalls.
GuidanceEnglish PDF
Medical Devices / IVDs
- Medical Device Regulation — 2021 text
Review the foundational device framework covering manufacturer obligations, conformity assessment, quality systems and post-market oversight.
RegulationTurkish PDF · Original text - In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device Regulation — 2021 text
Review the separate IVD framework and its safety, performance and conformity-assessment requirements.
RegulationTurkish PDF · Original text
United Kingdom
Device requirements differ between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Use the MHRA framework guidance to identify the applicable route.
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- MHRA medicines GMP / GDP
Find pharmaceutical manufacturing expectations, inspections and supporting GMP/GDP references.
Guidance - MHRA defective medicines and recalls
Support reporting, investigating and recalling suspected defective human medicines.
Guidance
Medical Devices / IVDs
- MHRA device regulatory framework
Review the distinct device rules for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, conformity routes and registration.
Guidance - MHRA device vigilance and PMS
Find incident reporting, field safety corrective action and post-market surveillance guidance.
Directory
United States
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- FDA drug CGMP regulations
Find drug CGMP requirements, including 21 CFR Parts 210, 211, 212 and 600, and related reporting resources.
Directory - FDA OOS investigations guidance
Support scientifically sound laboratory investigations and assessment of OOS pharmaceutical test results.
Guidance - FDA drug CGMP data integrity
Review data governance and reliable records expectations for drug and biologic manufacturing.
Guidance - Biological product deviation reporting
Locate CBER deviation reporting requirements and the separate route for CDER-regulated biologics.
Directory
Medical Devices / IVDs
- FDA QMSR / Part 820
Access the FDA device quality-system framework incorporating ISO 13485:2016 and additional FDA provisions.
Directory - FDA manufacturer MDR guidance
Assess manufacturer adverse-event reporting and recordkeeping under 21 CFR Part 803.
Guidance - FDA device recalls and corrections
Find device recall, correction, removal and reporting resources for Parts 7, 806 and 810.
Directory
Vietnam
Vietnamese sources. Read the device decree with its amendments and current implementing guidance; older transitional deadlines should not be treated as ongoing permissions.
Pharmaceuticals / Biologics
- Pharmacy Law implementation — Decree 163/2025
Access the decree detailing implementation of the Pharmacy Law.
RegulationVietnamese - Drug and API GMP — Circular 28/2025/TT-BYT
Find GMP requirements and attached WHO, PIC/S and EU GMP references for medicines and medicinal ingredients.
RegulationVietnamese
Medical Devices / IVDs
- Medical device management — Decree 98/2021
Access the foundational medical-device management decree; read with the amendments below.
RegulationVietnamese · Amended - Device decree amendment — Decree 07/2023
Review amendments to the medical-device management framework in Decree 98/2021.
RegulationVietnamese - Device decree amendment — Decree 04/2025
Review further amendments to Decree 98/2021, including time-limited transitional provisions.
RegulationVietnamese - Ministry of Health medical device portal
Find device regulatory notices, consolidated documents and current implementation updates.
DirectoryVietnamese
International Frameworks & Standards
Harmonization resources, audit programs and standards complement national requirements. Their adoption and legal effect vary by jurisdiction.
ICH
ICH develops harmonized pharmaceutical technical guidelines; implementation occurs through participating regulatory systems.
- ICH Q7: API GMP
Use the harmonized API GMP reference alongside locally applicable manufacturing requirements.
GuidancePDF - ICH Q9(R1): quality risk management
Apply pharmaceutical quality-risk principles to investigations, change control and manufacturing decisions.
GuidancePDF - ICH Q10: pharmaceutical quality systems
Use the lifecycle quality-system model for CAPA, change management, oversight and continual improvement.
GuidancePDF
PIC/S
PIC/S promotes cooperation among pharmaceutical inspectorates and harmonization of GMP. Check the GMP edition adopted by the relevant regulator.
- PIC/S GMP guides and publications
Find medicinal GMP, inspector guidance, data integrity and risk-based change-management references.
Directory - PIC/S data integrity: PI 041-1
Review data lifecycle governance and integrity controls in regulated GMP/GDP environments.
GuidancePDF
WHO
WHO issues global public-health norms, standards and regulatory guidance, including pharmaceutical and device resources.
- WHO pharmaceutical GMP resources
Find WHO pharmaceutical and biological GMP standards and links to the broader standards collection.
Directory - WHO device / IVD model framework (2023)
Understand WHO’s model for national device and IVD regulatory systems across the product lifecycle.
GuidancePDF
IMDRF / GHTF
IMDRF is a forum for device regulatory harmonization. It also hosts retained final guidance from its predecessor, GHTF, separately from archived documents.
- IMDRF device harmonization documents
Find final harmonization guidance, device terminology and current versus archived GHTF references.
Directory - GHTF quality systems and CAPA guidance
Find retained GHTF guidance on CAPA, supplier controls, validation and nonconformity grading.
Directory
MDSAP
MDSAP is a device regulatory audit program. Acceptance and use depend on the participating authority and applicable scope.
- MDSAP official program resources
Access the multi-authority device quality-system audit program and its current audit documents.
Audit program - MDSAP Audit Approach
Locate the current audit approach used for participating-authority device QMS audits.
Audit program
ISO
ISO develops international standards. A standard’s regulatory recognition, applicable edition and legal effect depend on the jurisdiction.
- ISO 13485:2016 — device QMS
Consult the official catalog for the medical-device quality-management-system standard.
StandardPaid standard - ISO 14971:2019 — device risk management
Consult the official catalog for lifecycle medical-device risk-management requirements.
StandardPaid standard - ISO/IEC 17025:2017 — laboratory competence
Consult the official catalog for testing and calibration laboratory competence requirements.
StandardPaid standard
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