Introduction to the development of drugs / Kathy McGown -- ICH / Ken Hastings -- USFDA / Bill Brock -- Latin America : MERCOSUR countries / Cristiana Leslie Corra -- Canada / Mark T. Goldberg -- EMEA / Adam Woolley -- Africa / Fariza Feraoun -- China / Lijie Fu -- Japan / Kazuichi Nakamura -- India / K.S. Rao -- Australia / Doug Francis -- Chronic repeat dose testing / Shana Azri-Meehan -- Carcinogenicity / James Popp -- Genotoxicity / Mark Powley -- Developmental and reproductive toxicology / Robert Parker -- Juvenile testing and pediatric claim / Melissa Tassinari -- Immunotoxicology / Leigh Ann Burns Naas -- Biologics / Chris Ellis -- Vaccines / Robert House -- Phototoxicity and photocarcinogenicity / Chris Sambuco -- Degradants, impurities excipients, and metabolites / Bob Osterberg.