About Regulatory Professionals

The regulatory professional serves a vital role in ensuring safe and effective healthcare products for patients and healthcare providers. The regulatory profession is vital in making safe and effective healthcare products available worldwide. Individuals who ensure regulatory compliance and prepare submissions, as well as those serving in clinical affairs or quality assurance roles, are all considered regulatory professionals.

Regulatory professionals are employed in industry, government and academia and are involved with a wide range of products, including:

  • Pharmaceuticals

  • Medical devices

  • In vitro diagnostics

  • Biologics and biotechnology

  • Artificial intelligence/digital health

  • Combination products

  • Quality

  • Clinical

 

The regulatory professional's roles and responsibilities often begin in the research and development phases, moving into clinical trials and extending through premarket approvals, manufacturing, labeling and advertising, and post-market surveillance.

Regulatory Affairs Professionals Globally

Global Regulatory Affairs Professionals by Sector

 

Source: RAPS Membership Survey (August 2023)

 

About RAPS

The Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) is the largest global organization of professionals involved with regulatory and quality for healthcare products, including medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biologics, diagnostics, and digital health. Founded in 1976 as a neutral, nonprofit organization, RAPS supports and elevates the regulatory profession with education and training, professional standards, publications, research, networking, career development, and other valuable resources. RAPS is home to the Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC), the only post-academic professional credential to recognize regulatory excellence.

RAPS is headquartered in suburban Washington, D.C., with chapters and affiliates worldwide. To learn more—or to join RAPS—please visit www.RAPS.org.

 

Membership Demographics & Insights

Purchasing Intentions

Numbers are in percent.

Source: RAPS Membership Survey (August 2023)