WHO Global Benchmarking Tool (GBT) for evaluation of national regulatory systems of medicines and vaccines

The WHO Global Benchmarking Tool (GBT) Revision VI version 1 published in November 2018 is the latest release of the GBT for benchmarking of medicines and vaccines national regulatory systems. This release comprises eight (8) regulatory functions (listed below) under the overarching framework of the national regulatory system (RS).

Currently, the GBT is available in English, French and Spanish languages. Work is underway to translate the GBT into other United Nations (UN) official languages (e.g., Russian and Chinese).

All queries related to the GBT including requests for the computerized platform (cGBT) should be sent to the WHO Regulatory Systems Strengthening Team at nra_admin@who.int.