Mapeamento de processo regulatório para aprovação de vacinas novas provenientes de desenvolvimento nacional

Abstract

The availability of medicines to the population necessarily goes through a long regulatory path, where several steps must be fulfilled. In this scenario, ANVISA is the national regulatory agency responsible for establishing the regulations that companies, producers and developers must follow. The objective of this work is to map the different regulatory processes involved in the approval of a vaccine, a type of biological medicine, developed by companies or national research institutions. Therefore, there is a focus on local regulations that involves the regulatory approval of a vaccine. The steps from the initial stages of development of a vaccine are accompanied by processes that are guided by regulatory requirements, often complex and with different directions. Until final release to the public, the rules governing this release involve several approvals that must be strictly followed by developers. Thus, the scope of this work is to delineate the regulatory processes from the initial stages of development of a vaccine, through the distinct phases of clinical trials, to its final approval for distribution to the general public, contributing to a global comprehension by researchers of the regulatory process as a whole.