Full Text: Status Quo of Drug Supervision in
China
BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- China reported 64,000 drug
supervision officials working for 2,692 drug regulatory departments by the end
of 2007, said a white paper published on Friday by the Information Office of the
State Council.
Meanwhile, China attaches great importance to the
building of a legal system for drug safety supervision and the State Council has
promulgated 17 administrative regulations concerning drugs so far, according to
the paper, titled Status Quo of Drug Supervision in China.
The national drugs watchdog, the State Drug
Administration was established in 1998, and the State Food and Drug
Administration (SFDA) was founded on the basis of the former in 2003, the paper
said.
The SFDA is in charge of administrative supervision
and technical supervision over the research, production, distribution and use of
drugs (including Chinese crude drugs, prepared slices of Chinese crude drugs,
traditional Chinese medicine preparations, chemical drug substances and their
preparations, antibiotics, biochemical drugs, radioactive pharmaceuticals,
serum, vaccines, blood products and diagnostic agents) and medical devices, the
paper said.
China has established drug regulatory departments
under the unified leadership of the central government, with vertical management
below the provincial level. By the end of 2007, there had been 2,692 drug
regulatory departments in China, including 31 at the provincial level, 339 at
the municipal (prefecture) level and 2,321 at the county (county-level city)
level (including districts and counties of municipalities directly under the
central government); with more than 1,000 drug technical supervision
organizations with 64,000 personnel in China, according to the paper.
In the vast rural areas, drug safety coordinators and
information specialists had been employed to ensure drug safety and promote the
building of a drug safety supervision network, it said.
By the end of 2007, there had been more than 97,000
drug safety coordinators and more than 514,000 information specialists in rural
areas. A total of 578,000 stations of rural drug regulatory network had been
established, the paper said.
China's drug supervision is ready for the Olympics
BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- China's drug supervision system is ready for the Olympics, a drug watchdog spokeswoman said on Friday.
China has intensified inspection and testing measures for drugs to safeguard drug safety for Olympic athletes, the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) spokeswoman Yan Jiangying said.
"By now, all the tested drugs and medical apparatus for the Games are qualified," she said. Full story
China tightens supervision of
prescription drugs
BEIJING,
July 18 (Xinhua) -- In recent years, China has increasingly tightened its
supervision of prescription drugs, says a white paper published by the
Information Office of the Sate Council on Friday. Full story
150,000 people in China obtain
pharmacist's qualifications
BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- A total of 150,000 people in China had obtained
pharmacist's qualifications by the end of 2007, says a white paper published by
the Information Office of the State Council on Friday. Full story
China implements GMP certification for
pharmaceutical manufacturers
BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- China implements Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
certification for pharmaceutical manufacturers, says a white paper published by
the Information Office of the State Council on Friday. Full story
China sets up drug-abuse monitoring
network
BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua)
-- China has set up and improved a drug-abuse monitoring network to examine the
details and trends of drug abuse, said a white paper published by the
Information Office of the State Council on Friday.Full story
Industrial output of traditional
Chinese medicine reaches 177.2 bln yuan
BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- In 2007, the industrial
output value of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) reached 177.2 billion yuan
(25.98 billion U.S. dollars), accounting for 26.53 percent of the total
pharmaceutical industrial output value, says a white paper issued by the
Information Office of the State Council on Friday. Full story
178 institutions obtain GCP
certification in China
BEIJING,
July 18 (Xinhua) -- By the end of 2007, a total of 178 institutions conducting
clinical trials had obtained Good Clinical Practice (GCP) certification, said a
white paper published on Friday by the Information Office of the State Council.
Full story
China implements batch release system
for biological products
BEIJING,
July 18 (Xinhua) -- China conducts compulsory inspection and approval for each
batch of biological products before the products leave the factories for
marketing, or are imported, says a white paper published by the Information
Office of the State Council on Friday. Full story
