Regulatory Affairs (RA), also called Government Affairs is a comparatively new profession which developed from the desire of governments to protect public health by controlling the safety and efficacy of products in areas including pharmaceuticals, veterinary medicines, medical devices, pesticides, agrochemicals, cosmetics and complementary medicines. Regulatory affairs in the pharmaceutical industry play an important role as the Pharmaceutical sector is rising very rapidly and there is a want of regulatory affairs professionals to provide the current needs of industries for the global competition.

A regulatory affair is a profession which acts as “the interface between pharmaceutical industries and government authorities across the world”. The goal of the regulatory affairs professional is the protection of human health, ensuring safety, efficacy, and quality of drugs, ensuring appropriateness and accuracy of product information.