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Regulatory Intelligence

Regulatory change monitoring for every agency and every market, with six agents reading and one lead deciding

Every agency change reaches the right team within hours, translated and cited.

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demo64sourcesin 38 countries checked every morning from 05:00 CET, in any language
demo27updatessummarized and assessed by 05:12, from 41 changed pages after removing duplicates
demo10weeksearlier than the labeling plan: the Japan package insert deadline the agents caught
target3.4hoursfrom publication on an agency site to the team that owns the product
The problem

Why agency changes reach the product team late

There is no single place where the world’s health authorities publish. FDA guidance and Federal Register notices, EMA guidelines and PRAC outcomes, MHLW safety notices in Japanese, NMPA announcements in Chinese, ANVISA resolutions in Portuguese — each on its own site, in its own format, on its own schedule. Someone has to check them all, every day, and nothing tells them when they missed one.

Finding the change is only the start. It has to be translated, read, summarized and checked against every product and market licence, the labeling plan and the submission calendar, then sent to the team that owns it. Done by hand, that chain is slow, error-prone and often late: a notice that moves a package insert deadline forward by ten weeks can sit in an inbox while the comment period or the filing window runs down.

target7.6daysfrom publication to the owning team, by hand
target64sourcesin 38 countries to watch, many of them not in English
Where an update’s hours go, from publication to the owning teamestimated
By hand182 days
With the solution3.4 days
  • Spotting it on the agency site72 → 1.5 d
  • Getting it translated40 → 0.2 d
  • Reading and summarizing it24 → 0.1 d
  • Impact per product, confirmed by a lead30 → 1.4 d
  • Telling each team16 → 0.2 d

Estimated split of the 7.6-day median by hand and the 3.4-hour target with the agents, in elapsed hours.

How it works

How an update moves

Six specialist agents watch, translate, summarize and assess every update; a regulatory lead confirms the impact.

What comes in
Agencies watched64 sources · 38 countries, any language
Agents at work
Agency watchernew and changed only
Then
Translatorwhen not in English
Then
Summarizercited summary
Then
Impact assessorper product, per market
A person decides
Regulatory leadconfirms each impact
What comes out
Daily digest
Each team told
Cited answers
One case, step by step

One morning’s updates, from agency page to signed impact

Tuesday, 6 October 2026. This week MHLW issued a safety notice for veltrimab in Japanese, and EMA opened a public consultation on the quality of drug–device products. Both are in the morning digest. Here is what happens next, screen by screen, in the working solution.

  1. 0105:12

    The digest is ready before she is

    Dana Okafor · Regulatory intelligence lead

    Dana opens the solution to 27 new updates across 9 agencies, 5 of them High impact for 3 of her products, and 13 High and Medium updates waiting for her confirmation. The overnight watch shows each step: 64 sources checked, 41 changed pages found, 9 documents translated, 27 updates summarized, impact proposed for 4 products.

    “Proposed impact for 4 products — 5 High · 8 Medium · 10 Low · 4 not relevant.”

  2. 02Morning

    Every update, already sorted by impact

    Dana Okafor · Regulatory intelligence lead

    The Updates list carries the agency, the impact, the products touched, the stage and the deadline for each item. Japanese, Chinese and Portuguese titles appear in English with the original kept underneath — “translated from Japanese” — and the deadlines that fall inside 60 days are marked.

  3. 03Opened

    An EMA draft, read against each Veltrimab presentation

    Impact assessor

    The draft Guideline on quality documentation for medicinal products used with a medical device opens beside a four-line summary, each line linked to its passage. The planned switch to an autoinjector (variation filing Q2 2027) would need a Notified Body Opinion — High, 92 % confident. The marketed prefilled syringe gets Medium for its 2019 usability summary. Talmirex and Corventa are Not relevant, each with the reason.

    Proposed by the Impact assessor · High · 92 % confident · needs your signature.

  4. 041.6 seconds

    “Does the new PMDA notice change our labeling timeline?”

    Regulatory assistant

    Dana asks in plain words. The assistant searches 4,812 updates and 3 internal plans, reads the MHLW notice in Japanese and checks the labeling plan. Yes: the notice wants the revised Veltrimab electronic package insert on the PMDA website by 1 December 2026, while the labeling plan puts it in the February 2027 cycle (row JP-14). The EU asks for a variation on the same signal, also due 1 December.

    “Yes — it moves the Japan label update for Veltrimab forward by about 10 weeks.”

  5. 05One click

    The notice, Japanese and English side by side

    Translator

    “Open the notice at this passage” lands on page 2 of 医薬安発1002第1号, the original paragraph next to its translation, with the deadline highlighted. The summary says what MHLW asks: add interstitial lung disease to section 11.1, Clinically significant adverse reactions; post the revised package insert by 1 December; inform healthcare professionals promptly.

    The original text is always kept next to the translation.

  6. 06Next

    Two impacts, three team actions

    Impact assessor

    Japan is High at 95 %. Globally, Medium at 88 %: the same signal is under PRAC review, so the company core data sheet should add interstitial lung disease and every market moves together. Three actions are drafted with owners and dates — the revised package insert by Dr. Maya Chen, the core data sheet by Lena Ortiz, the letter to healthcare professionals by Kenji Mori.

  7. 0709:14

    She confirms the impact, and signs

    Dana Okafor · Regulatory intelligence lead

    Dana checks both impact levels and the three teams to notify, chooses the meaning of her signature — “I confirm this impact assessment” — and enters her password. Her name, the date, the time and the meaning go on the audit trail.

  8. 08Signed

    Each team told, in its own language

    Digest writer

    The update moves from New to Assessed. Japan affiliate, Global labeling and Japan medical affairs are notified in Japanese and English, with the original document attached. Nothing went out before the lead signed.

    “Confirmed and signed by Dana Okafor · 6 Oct 2026, 09:14 CET.”

  9. 09On the record

    Who did what, minute by minute

    Every step

    The activity trail of the update reads like a log: the Agency watcher found it on pmda.go.jp at 05:04, the Translator translated it from Japanese at 05:07, the Summarizer wrote the summary at 05:09, the Impact assessor proposed High at 05:11 — and Dana confirmed at 09:14, with 3 teams notified.

  10. 10This year

    The watch, measured

    Dana Okafor · Regulatory intelligence lead

    The dashboard counts the updates read from 64 sources in 38 countries, the hours saved against reading and logging by hand, and the time from publication to the owning team — 3.4 hours median against 7.6 days by hand in 2025. Every High and Medium impact was confirmed by a named lead before teams were notified.

Who it’s for

Built for everyone who owns a product in a market.

The same morning’s updates, seen by the five people who act on them — what their week looked like, and what it looks like now.

DO
Dana OkaforRegulatory intelligence lead
Lead
Before
Starts the day on agency websites and forwarded emails, piecing together what changed overnight.
Now
Opens one digest at 05:12, already summarized and assessed, and signs the High and Medium impacts.
LO
Lena OrtizBiologics regulatory · Veltrimab
Approver
Before
Learns that a new guideline touches Veltrimab when someone thinks to send it to her.
Now
Sees the impact on each presentation — the autoinjector variation, the marketed syringe — with the reason and the passage behind it.
MC
Dr. Maya ChenJapan affiliate · labeling
Approver
Before
Translates MHLW notices for headquarters before anyone can judge what they mean.
Now
Reads the notice in Japanese with the English beside it, confirms local notices and owns the revised package insert.
SP
Sam PatelDevices regulatory · Corventa and Lumora
Approver
Before
Tracks device guidance from FDA, NMPA, MHRA and PMDA in separate lists.
Now
Sees every open impact on Corventa and Lumora by agency on one board, and where each one stands.
WL
Wei LinChina affiliate
Reader
Before
Answers headquarters’ questions about NMPA rules by email, translating the passages as she goes.
Now
Asks in Chinese and gets the answer in Chinese, with the NMPA passage and its English translation, so she and headquarters read the same text.
Built on the engine

6 agents. Each with one job, and hard limits.

Six specialist agents watch, translate, summarize and assess every update; a regulatory lead confirms the impact.

Agency watcher

Checks 64 agency sources every morning at 05:00 CET and collects anything new or changed — guidance, notices, regulations, safety communications — dropping duplicates it has already seen.

  • Reads only the approved source list
  • Keeps the original file and its web address
  • Never signs in to agency portals
Translator

Translates Japanese, Chinese, German, Portuguese, French, Korean and more into English, paragraph by paragraph, keeping the original side by side.

  • The original text is always kept
  • Regulated terms come from the glossary
  • Flags passages it is unsure of
Summarizer

Writes three to five short lines for each update — what changed, for which products or devices, and by when — and records the key dates: published, comments close, effective.

  • Every line cites a passage
  • No advice — facts from the source only
  • Regulated terms kept exactly as the agency wrote them
Impact assessor

Compares each update with every product and market licence in the portfolio register, the labeling plan and the submission calendar, and proposes High, Medium, Low or Not relevant per product, with the reason and its confidence.

  • Proposes only — a named lead confirms High and Medium
  • Cites the passage behind every reason
  • Impact rules set the minimum level
Digest writer

At 07:00 local time, sends each team its digest — confirmed High and Medium impacts first, with the reason, the deadline and the owner of each action — in the team’s own language.

  • Sends only confirmed impacts
  • Original documents attached
Regulatory assistant

Answers questions in any language across all updates and the internal plans, citing the exact page for every statement, with the original passage and its translation.

  • Answers only from sources it can cite
  • Says so when nothing answers the question
Regulatory lead

Confirms each impact. The agents propose; a named person decides.

Ask in plain words

Ask about any update, in any language

Answers come from 4,812 agency updates and your internal plans. Every line links to the exact page, with the original text and a translation.

Does the new PMDA notice change our labeling timeline?

Yes — it moves the Japan label update for Veltrimab forward by about 10 weeks. The notice adds interstitial lung disease to section 11.1, and the revised electronic package insert must be on the PMDA website by 1 December 2026. Your labeling plan puts this update in the February 2027 cycle. The EU asks for a variation on the same signal, also due 1 December.

Is the PRAC signal for Veltrimab linked to the PMDA notice?

Yes — both act on the same signal: interstitial lung disease with veltrimab. The EU asks for a Type II variation to SmPC 4.4 and 4.8, Japan for section 11.1 of the package insert, both by 1 December 2026. One update to the company core data sheet keeps both labels — and the other markets — aligned. Lena Ortiz owns the EU variation; Dr. Maya Chen owns the Japan package insert.

Which updates this week affect Corventa?

Four, one High. FDA’s revised draft guidance asks for 5-year follow-up in pivotal trials, where your PMA supplement plans 3 years. NMPA self-test reports for Class III devices need calibration certificates from 1 March 2027. NMPA’s draft stent guideline accepts overseas data with at least 15 % Chinese patients. MHRA periodic safety update reports become yearly for Class IIb and III devices.

What do this week’s updates mean for Lumora?

One High-impact change in Japan: app-connected glucose monitors must meet JIS T 81001-5-1 for cybersecurity, so the May 2027 app release must show conformity. In the UK, periodic safety update reports become yearly. An FDA cybersecurity alert concerns a Bluetooth library Lumora does not use — no action.

Every screen

The working solution, as it ships.

13 screens from the working solution, on its sample data. Pick one to see it large.

HomeThe morning digest by agency, the High and Medium updates waiting for confirmation, the overnight watch and the deadlines coming up.
Every updateFilter by impact, agency and product; search in any language; see the stage and the deadline of each update.
Update reviewThe agency document beside a cited summary and the proposed impact per product, with the reason and confidence.
AskA plain question answered from the agency notice and the labeling plan, each line linked to its source.
Original and translationA Japanese MHLW notice with the English beside each paragraph and the cited passages highlighted.
Team actionsWhat each team has to do because of the update, with the owner and the due date.
Confirm and signThe lead checks the impact levels and the teams to notify, then signs with the meaning of the signature.
ConfirmedSigned by the lead; the teams are notified in Japanese and English.
Activity trailEvery agent step and every human decision on the update, with the time.
Impact boardOpen impacts by product and agency, and where each stands: waiting for confirmation, assessed, actioned.
Ask in ChineseA question in Chinese, answered in Chinese, with the NMPA passages and their English translation.
DashboardUpdates read, hours saved, updates by region and the time from publication to the owning team.
SettingsWho confirms for each area, the impact rules and the daily digest’s time and language.
Governance

Built for regulated work: cited, confirmed, signed.

A named lead confirmsEvery High or Medium impact is confirmed by a named lead before any team is told. The Impact assessor proposes; it never confirms.
Signed, with its meaningConfirmations are signed electronically with a password. The name, date, time and meaning of the signature go on the audit trail together.
The original beside every translationTranslated documents keep the original text next to each paragraph, so a reader in Tokyo and a reader at headquarters look at the same passage.
Every line links to its pageEach summary line, each impact reason and each answer cites the passage it comes from. Click it to land on the highlighted text.
Low impacts filed, and sampledLow and Not relevant updates are filed automatically, and 10 % of them are sampled for review each week. Changing an impact level is recorded with the name and the reason.
Approved sources, no loginsThe Agency watcher reads only the approved source list, keeps each original file and its web address, and never signs in to agency portals.
Configuration

Your portfolio, your sources, your rules

What is watched, who confirms and how hard each change counts are settings, not a project.

SettingDefaultChoose from
Watched sources64 sources · daily 05:00 CETAdd a source · switch any off
Who confirms High and Medium impactsOne named lead per areaBiologics · Small molecules · Devices · Japan · Cross-product and policy
Any labeling change for a marketed productAt least HighHigh · Medium · Low
Clinical evidence change for a Class III deviceAt least HighHigh · Medium · Low
Submission format or variation category changeAt least MediumHigh · Medium · Low
Fees, meeting notices and other companies’ approvalsAt least LowHigh · Medium · Low
Daily digest send time07:00 local time06:00 · 07:00 · 08:00 local time
Digest languageTeam’s own languageTeam’s own language · English for everyone
Connections

Works with the sources and plans you already keep

Agency websitesFDA, EMA, PMDA / MHLW, NMPA, MHRA, Health Canada, TGA, Swissmedic, ANVISA and more
Product portfolio registerevery product and market licence, with its owning team
Labeling planplanned label changes by market and cycle
Submission calendarplanned variations and supplements
Regulatory glossaryregulated terms in 14 languages
Email and chateach team’s digest and notes
What it changes

The difference, in numbers.

Every figure is labelled: a target the solution is built to, an estimate, a typical published result, or a proven one.

proven
4,000hours
saved a year, in use at a global medical-device maker
target
3.4hours
from publication to the owning team
By hand7.6 days
With agents≈ 3.4 hours
target
64sources
in 38 countries checked every morning, in any language
sources checked every morning

“demo” = seen in the working solution, on its sample data · “target” = the design goal, measured in the live solution · “estimated” = our estimate. People named on this page are characters in the working solution; Veltrimab, Talmirex, Corventa and Lumora are its sample products, and the agency documents shown are its sample data.

Questions

What regulatory teams ask us.

What is regulatory intelligence software?

Software that watches health authority websites for new and changed guidance, regulations, notices and safety communications, and tells regulatory teams what each change means for their products. Regulatory Intelligence does it with six agents that watch, translate, summarize and assess every update, and a named regulatory lead who confirms the impact.

Which agencies does it watch?

In the working solution, 64 sources in 38 countries every morning at 05:00 CET — among them FDA, EMA, PMDA / MHLW, NMPA, MHRA, Health Canada, TGA, Swissmedic, ANVISA and the European Commission’s Medical Device Coordination Group, plus notified bodies, standards bodies and national agencies. You can add a source in Settings.

Does it handle updates that are not in English?

Yes. The Translator works paragraph by paragraph from Japanese, Chinese, German, Portuguese, French, Korean and more, using a regulatory glossary for regulated terms, and always keeps the original text beside the translation. Affiliates can read their digest and ask questions in their own language.

How does it decide the impact on our products?

The Impact assessor checks each update against every product and market licence in your portfolio register, your labeling plan and your submission calendar. It proposes High, Medium, Low or Not relevant per product, gives the reason with a link to the passage, and states its confidence. Your impact rules set the minimum level for each kind of change.

Do people stay in control?

Yes. Every High or Medium impact is confirmed and signed by a named lead before any team is notified, and the agents never confirm. Low and Not relevant updates are filed automatically, with 10 % sampled for review each week.

Can we see where every statement comes from?

Yes. Every summary line, impact reason and answer links to the exact page of the agency document, with the passage highlighted and, for documents not in English, the original next to the translation. When nothing answers a question, the assistant says so.

How do teams hear about a change?

Once the lead confirms, the Digest writer sends each team its note in its own language with the original attached, and builds the daily digest for 07:00 local time. Team actions carry an owner and a due date, and the impact board shows where each one stands.

How long does it take to go live?

The Agentic Solution Engine builds and deploys it from your requirements and documents — your product portfolio register, labeling plan, submission calendar and the sources you watch — and it goes live once every quality gate has passed. We will show it to you on your own portfolio first.

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