Major Drug Regulatory Agencies World Wide

 Pharmaceutical companies and regulatory agencies work together to enhance patient safety when a medicine is first being studied (pre-approval) and after it becomes available to patients and their health care providers as a treatment option, following authorization by regulatory agencies (post-approval). 

Regulatory agencies are government or non-government authorities, responsible for oversight of the effectiveness, safety, manufacture, and distribution of medicines in a specific country or region of the world such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA).

Every country has its own regulatory authority, which is responsible to enforce the rules and regulations and issue guidelines for drug development, licensing, registration, manufacturing, marketing and labeling of pharmaceutical products.

List of drug regulatory agency :

Country	Name of Regulatory Authority
USA	Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
UK	Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Australia	Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
India	Central Drug Standard Control Organization (CDSCO)
Canada	Health Canada
Europe	European Medicines Agency (EMEA)
Denmark	Danish Medicines Agency
New Zealand	Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (Medsafe)
Sweden	Medical Products Agency (MPA)
Netherlands	Medicines Evaluation Board
Ireland	Irish Medicines Board
Italy	Italian Pharmaceutical Agency
Nigeria	National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
Ukraine	Ministry of Health
Singapore	Centre for Pharmaceutical Administration Health Sciences Authority
Hong Kong	Department of Health: Pharmaceutical Services
Paraguay	Ministry of Health
Sweden	Medical Products Agency (MPA)
Thailand:	Ministry of Public Health
China	State Food and Drug Administration
Germany	Federal Institute for Drugs and  Medical Devices
Malaysia	National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau, Ministry of Health
Pakistan	Drugs Control Organization, Ministry of Health
South Africa	Medicines Control Council
Sri Lanka	SPC, Ministry of Health
Switzerland	Swissmedic  , Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products
Uganda	Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST)
Brazil	Agencia Nacional de Vigiloncia Sanitaria (ANVISA )
Japan	Ministry of Health, Labour & Welfare(MHLW)
Costa Rica	Ministry of Health