The Future of the Regulatory Professional in the Digital World

The regulatory affairs function is having to evolve to support new business models which favor the outsourcing or automation of operational processes. But what does that mean to the regulatory professional? How can we develop the RA professional of the future to be strategic and critical thinkers? How will the evolving digital space help us keep current on the global regulatory landscape and how will industry leverage learnings to get products to patients faster? Three seasoned regulatory professionals will share their vision of where the profession is headed and the skills needed to support that vision.

In this popular session, we will explore the future of the regulatory function and the professionals supporting it. We will explore helpful tips in developing regulatory professionals into critical and strategic thinkers. The session will provide tangible examples of how automation changes the regulatory professionals work environment (e.g Regulatory Intelligence). This interactive session will explore what it means in the future to be a regulatory professional, how to prepare for it and what impact automation will have leveraging real life examples. The session will also explore the importance of growth mindset strategies including life long learning, delve into emotional intelligence skills in addition to how diversity and inclusion is becoming an important driver in healthcare.