Current Context : Recently, the 7th India-Japan Medical Product Regulatory Symposium, organised by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in New Delhi.

• The event was conducted in accordance with the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between India and Japan.
• Aim : to fostering collaboration in medical product regulations.
• The MoC, originally signed in December 2015 between CDSCO and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) of Japan
• It underscores mutual cooperation in medical products regulations until December 2025.