Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine 
Building a National Framework for the Establishment of Regulatory Science for Drug Development 
Workshop Summary

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is tasked with ensuring the safety and effectiveness of medicine. FDA’s science base must be strong enough to make certain that regulatory decisions are based on the best scientific evidence. The IOM held a public workshop on February 26, 2010, to examine the state of regulatory science and to consider approaches for enhancing it.