Table 1.

Participants’ characteristics.

Stakeholder group	n (%), N = 145
Pharmaceutical company and large med-tech	31 (21)
Academic	26 (18)
Regulator	17 (12)
Healthcare professional	14 (10)
Patient representative	14 (9)
Small- or medium-size enterprise	9 (6)
Health Technology Assessment agency	5 (3)
Ethicists	3 (2)
Trade association	2 (1)
Other*	26 (18)

Years of experience in regulatory science	n (%)
Less than 1 year of experience	9 (6)
2 – 5 years	37 (25)
6 – 10 years	18 (12)
More than 10 years	81 (56)

^*Other: regulatory consultancy, government body, clinical research organisation/practitioner, service provider to the pharma industry.