Over The Counter 5 Sept 2022: Self-Care Regulation After COVID, With Haleon/GSCF’s Ian Urquhart
Executive Summary
In this episode, HBW Insight talks to Haleon’s global head of regulatory intelligence and policy, Ian Urquhart, about the innovative and flexible approaches that regulators took to ensuring access to medicines during the coronavirus pandemic. Urquhart speaks about his work with the Global Self-Care Federation, where the regulatory affairs committee which he chairs has been looking into what happened during the pandemic and drawing lessons for the future. Strengthening supply chains, Rx-to-OTC switch and e-commerce are all on the agenda for the organization, which has published a series of papers in these areas to inform future self-care policy and regulation across the world.
Further Reading
Learn From Regulatory Innovation During COVID-19, Urges Global Self-Care Industry
GSCF Calls For WHO-Backed Global Self-Care Agreement
Self-Care Saving Taxpayers $120bn Per Year, Could Increase To $180bn By 2030
Haleon Starts Standalone Life By Raising Sales Expectations
Further Listening
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