The documents related to sponsors, clinical trials, overseas regulatory status, names of experts consulted and post-marketing safety reports.

BBC: Is India a dumping ground for drugs?

This confers quasi-regulatory status on them and ensures their judgments are hard-wired into rules governing banks, insurers and funds.

ECONOMIST: Credit-rating agencies

This study surveys the current regulatory status of the Brazilian media system in comparison with practices adopted in other ten democracies (Canada, Chile, Germany, France, Jamaica, Malaysia, South Africa, Thailand, United Kingdom and United States) and with the recommendations provided by international laws.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Pfizer has failed to disclose an apparent delay in the approval of a promising new antibiotic, a move that may signal a change in how much the company tells investors about the regulatory status of medicines as they are reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FORBES: Pfizer Plays A Guessing Game

From a safety standpoint, a punitive regulatory agenda incentivizes adherence to the status quo rather than encouraging development of the best safety standards.

FORBES: Regulatory Lessons from Obama EPA Appointee's Resignation

The London Stock Exchange, which also plans to shed its mutual status, has lost most of its regulatory functions, including, it was announced this week, the policing of listing requirements.

ECONOMIST: Stockmarket regulation

Whether or not they truly believe this, Progressives definitely covet the high-status, high-paying, low-accountability jobs that regulatory agencies provide.

FORBES: Hello More Stringent CAFE Standards, Goodbye Lincoln