Fig. 1

Key Country Selection Criteria Considered — World Bank development classification, number of MRA employees, pharmaceutical sales, and population. ¹Estimates based on information obtained from interviews and available literature and reflect predominantly numbers associated with Federal level staff. Apart from those provided for the Goa FDA (a state level institution), these numbers do not include provincial, state, city level staff, or contractors. ²Business Monitor International (BMI). ³United States Census Bureau: International Database [database on the Internet]. Available from: https://www.census.gov/popclock/world. ⁴BMI and WHO Global Health Expenditure Database. ⁵ Babu, G. (2017). Personnel shortage, lack of funding hold back India’s drug regulator. [online] Business-standard.com. Available at: http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/personnel-shortage-lack-of-funding-hold-back-india-s-drug-regulator-115111100633_1.html [Accessed 13 Oct. 2017]