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Regulatory Affairs Specialists
Coordinate and document internal regulatory processes, such as internal audits, inspections, license renewals, or registrations. May compile and prepare materials for submission to regulatory agencies.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Coordinate, prepare, or review regulatory submissions for domestic or international projects.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Communicate with regulatory agencies regarding pre-submission strategies, potential regulatory pathways, compliance test requirements, or clarification and follow-up of submissions under review.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Maintain current knowledge base of existing and emerging regulations, standards, or guidance documents.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Review adverse drug reactions and file all related reports in accordance with regulatory agency guidelines.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Coordinate efforts associated with the preparation of regulatory documents or submissions.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Prepare or direct the preparation of additional information or responses as requested by regulatory agencies.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Determine the types of regulatory submissions or internal documentation that are required in situations such as proposed device changes or labeling changes.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Prepare or maintain technical files as necessary to obtain and sustain product approval.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Coordinate recall or market withdrawal activities as necessary.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Provide pre-, ongoing, and post-inspection follow-up assistance to governmental inspectors.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss12%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
54%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 67% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.