The role of a Regulatory affairs professional has to do with strategic management, developing the organization and improving practices as well as recruiting, training and supervising staff. Like everything else with a great impact on the public, regulatory affairs too attract a lot of interest from the press. Many Regulatory affairs professionals acknowledge that this can become overwhelming in an already highly pressured work environment.

Another challenge of a Regulatory affairs job is to juggle conflicting priorities and deadlines and be consistent, as required by the complexity and sensitivity of the issues. It is a demanding job and one may not be able to control the workloads. Occasionally there is a serious incident or the regulatory professionals may receive lots of applications so it is sometimes difficult to plan things in their private lives when additional external inspections and meetings are called for.

But the positives of a Regulatory affairs job far outweigh the negatives, and most regulatory affairs professionals find their job extremely rewarding. It is an interesting job with so many different aspects to it - not only scientific but also ethical and legal. It allows science enthusiasts to keep abreast of and contribute to the scientific advances. The market trend in regulatory affairs is expanding as interest in and greater need for regulations are increasing.