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    China and ASEAN countries work together to promote drug safety cooperation

    • Last Update: 2013-09-05
    • Source: Internet
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    Source: Yin Li, deputy director of China food and drug administration, attended the second session of China- The ASEAN Drug Safety Summit Forum said that the economic and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN countries in the pharmaceutical industry has been continuously strengthened, and China is willing to work with ASEAN countries to promote the continuous improvement of the level of drug safety supervision in Southeast Asia and even in the world From September 3 to 4, the second China ASEAN Drug Safety Summit Forum with the theme of "new perspective of international cooperation in drug safety supervision" was held in Nanning, Guangxi Drug regulatory officials from health and drug regulatory agencies in China, ASEAN countries, Hong Kong and Macao exchanged and discussed regulations on Drug Import and export between China and ASEAN countries Yin Li pointed out at the forum that after the completion of the China ASEAN Free Trade Area in 2010, bilateral exchanges in the field of medicine have been expanding day by day, showing a good development trend and great potential At present, the two sides have established the "China ASEAN drug safety forum" mechanism, which runs well According to statistics, the pharmaceutical trade volume between China and ASEAN was US $4.514 billion in 2011, and increased to US $5.114 billion in 2012, up 13% year on year Ruan yuexiong, deputy director of the food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of health of Vietnam, said at the meeting that in 2008, Vietnam and China had signed a Vietnam China joint statement, including a border health and quarantine cooperation agreement The action plan for the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and China signed in June this year also clearly pointed out that the implementation of the Intergovernmental health cooperation agreement should be carried out, with priority focused on human development, drug regulation, biological research, disease control and other aspects Wu Shouwen, director of the Department of food and drug supervision of the Ministry of health of Myanmar, told reporters that the Ministry of health of Myanmar implements pre - and post market supervision over relevant pharmaceutical enterprises, and all pharmaceutical enterprises must be registered by the Ministry of health before they can be listed Myanmar hopes to increase exchanges and cooperation with China and ASEAN countries in drug safety supervision The forum is held in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which is connected with the mountains and rivers of ASEAN countries, and has the same culture and affinity Li Kang, vice president of Guangxi, introduced that Guangxi is a China ASEAN drug trade channel, Nanning is a drug import port city, and Pingxiang, Dongxing and Longbang are three border ports for the import of traditional Chinese medicine Guangxi and ASEAN countries continue to strengthen cooperation in drug inspection and monitoring, technical personnel training, information exchange, combating transnational drug crimes, and establishing a mechanism to fight against counterfeits "As the R & D, production, circulation and use of drugs have crossed national boundaries, drug safety is no longer a unique problem for a country or a region In the face of drug safety risks, no country or region can be alone." Yin Li said that China and ASEAN countries have a good foundation for cooperation in drug safety supervision, and China is willing to work with governments, drug regulatory authorities, international organizations and non-governmental organizations to jointly safeguard drug safety and public drug rights and interests  
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