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Alan Chalmers

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Dr Alan Chalmers is a pharmacist with over 35 industrial experiences mainly in the field of pharmaceutical regulatory affairs. A graduate of Strathclyde University in Glasgow with a B.Sc. in Pharmacy with specialisation in Pharmaceutical Technology, his Ph.D. at Manchester University was in Pharmaceutical Formulation. From 1975-1978 he was Development Officer and Clinical Trials Pharmacist of Allen & Hanburys (part of the then Glaxo group). In 1978 he joined Ciba-Geigy in DRA. Over 20 years were spent with Ciba-Geigy/CIBA/Novartis in all aspects of regulatory affairs including head of a group company DRA in Canada and for many years as Head of Pharma International regulatory affairs.

He has been consultant to the IFPMA, WHO and other international bodies and was Chairman of the Organising Committee of the initial IFPMA Asian Regulatory Conferences in Hong Kong and Singapore and Rapporteur to the more recent conferences in China and Malaysia.

Since 1998 he has been an independent regulatory consultant and is Director of his own consultancy company Pharma International in Switzerland. He has also been director of two UK and Swiss registered pharmaceutical companies with specialised responsibility for international regulatory strategy. More recently as accredited by Swissmedic, Dr. Chalmers is a Qualified Person supporting several Swiss pharmaceutical companies trading internationally with pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

He is published, and his publications include a textbook on International Pharmaceutical Registration, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and as Swiss correspondent to the Regulatory Affairs Journals Pharma and Medtech. Since 2012 he has been a member of the Editorial Board, Scrip Regulatory Affairs.

Alan Chalmers’s courses

  • 08 Oct • 3 day course

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs in Asia

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  • 26 Nov • 2 day course

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs in China

Live online

Reviews for Alan’s courses

I hoped to receive an overview of the regulatory landscape in CN and received a very deep overview of the regulatory landscape in the mentioned countries with a lot of facts and knowledge for CN and the territories HK, MO and TW + CN :). I learned a lot and could answer my questions as a take home message.

25 Jun 2025

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs in China

Very dynamic and engaging presentations. I wanted to gain a general understanding of the structure of the Chinese agency and its various functions, as well as the overall process for finished product registration. I’m truly pleased with the information that was shared — it fully met my expectations. The materials were very comprehensive, containing a wealth of information on the topic and very well organized. The speakers were highly knowledgeable and had a broad perspective on the topic. It was very interactive, making participation easy and encouraged. The platform was excellent in facilitating communication during the presentation.

25 Jun 2025

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs in China

Overall, this is a good seminar. It is a little long, but that is to be expected looking at the contents and countries to be covered. 5* - I would recommend.

25 Feb 2025

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs in Asia

Valuable Webinar and very good interactions with the speakers.

10 Dec 2024

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs in China

Overall it was a lovely experience and quite useful for people working in Regulatory Affairs. Both speakers seemed well informed and quite experienced. They are quite the experts and they put on a lot of work in the presentations.

9 Oct 2024

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs in Asia

Very clear, interesting and worth it!

29 Apr 2024

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs in China

Alan and Monica have presented very detailed information on all regulatory aspects. Their knowledge is exceptional and very useful to this webinar.

14 Jun 2023

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs in Asia

I would highly recommend [...] I appreciate there were more than one speaker to change it up and make the different topics more varied to listen in on. Also very nice how the speakers would supplement each other when responding to questions

22 Nov 2022

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs in China

I would highly recommend

22 Nov 2022

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs in China

The webinar was fantastic as all seminars I attend with Management Forum UK. I will only attend the programs at management forum regarding country regulatory affair systems as they have been the most thorough and realistic programs in my 28 years of the pharma industry. I look forward to the next one.

15 Nov 2021

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs in Asia