Emerging technologies and their impact on regulatory science



Anklam, Elke, Bahl, Martin Iain, Ball, Robert, Beger, Richard D, Cohen, Jonathan, Fitzpatrick, Suzanne, Girard, Philippe, Halamoda-Kenzaoui, Blanka, Hinton, Denise, Hirose, Akihiko
et al (show 38 more authors) (2022) Emerging technologies and their impact on regulatory science. EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, 247 (1). pp. 1-75.

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Abstract

There is an evolution and increasing need for the utilization of emerging cellular, molecular and <i>in silico</i> technologies and novel approaches for safety assessment of food, drugs, and personal care products. Convergence of these emerging technologies is also enabling rapid advances and approaches that may impact regulatory decisions and approvals. Although the development of emerging technologies may allow rapid advances in regulatory decision making, there is concern that these new technologies have not been thoroughly evaluated to determine if they are ready for regulatory application, singularly or in combinations. The magnitude of these combined technical advances may outpace the ability to assess fit for purpose and to allow routine application of these new methods for regulatory purposes. There is a need to develop strategies to evaluate the new technologies to determine which ones are ready for regulatory use. The opportunity to apply these potentially faster, more accurate, and cost-effective approaches remains an important goal to facilitate their incorporation into regulatory use. However, without a clear strategy to evaluate emerging technologies rapidly and appropriately, the value of these efforts may go unrecognized or may take longer. It is important for the regulatory science field to keep up with the research in these technically advanced areas and to understand the science behind these new approaches. The regulatory field must understand the critical quality attributes of these novel approaches and learn from each other's experience so that workforces can be trained to prepare for emerging global regulatory challenges. Moreover, it is essential that the regulatory community must work with the technology developers to harness collective capabilities towards developing a strategy for evaluation of these new and novel assessment tools.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Emerging technologies, biomarkers, regulatory science, risk assessment, bioimaging, bioinformatics
Divisions: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 14 Apr 2022 13:29
Last Modified: 15 Mar 2024 06:26
DOI: 10.1177/15353702211052280
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3152948