Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities (ICDRA) - Hong Kong, China, 24 - 27 June 2002

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Objectives of the International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities:

• To promote collaboration between drug regulatory authorities
• To reach a consensus on matters of interest
• To facilitate timely and adequate exchange of information
• To discuss issues of international relevance