State Drug Administration on Yinhuang lozenges and other 4 kinds of drugs
Notice of Conversion to over-the-counter Drugs (No. 93 of 2023)
According to the provisions of the "Measures for the Classification of Prescription Drugs and Non-prescription Drugs (Trial)" (former Order No. 10 of the State Drug Administration), after the State Drug Administration organized demonstration and review, four drugs such as Yinhuang lozenges were converted into non-prescription drugs. The list of products (Annex 1) and sample instructions for Non-prescription drugs (Annex 2) are published together. (State Food and Drug Administration)
Chinese medicine outbreak 390 billion market 12 new drugs will be launched
Recently, Shenwei has consistently reported the production of decoction granules, approved the clinical application of Lingshenrong granules, and declared the clinical application of Kangyuan children Jianpi granules...
Since the beginning of this year, there have been 12 new Chinese medicine reported production, the number has increased significantly; 44 new Chinese medicine clinical application, an increase of 63%; Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, respiratory, pediatric, digestive and other proprietary Chinese medicines are hot research and development; Kangyuan, China Resources, Sunway, Yingkerui, Tiandi Hengyi and other enterprises continue to make efforts. Chinese medicine new drug research and development boom. (Medicine Intelligence Network)
Medical institutions at level II and above will have public health sections
The National Health Commission and other six ministries and commissions issued the Notice on Deepening the Key Tasks of the medical and Health System reform in the second half of 2023, which mentioned that they will promote the establishment of disease prevention and control or public health departments in secondary and above medical institutions, and implement the chief expert system in public health sub-fields.
According to the Henan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the chief expert system encourages senior experts with rich scientific research and business management experience to serve full-time as "chief public health experts" through enjoying the benefits of retaining the original administrative position and special retirement and reemployment policies, allowing cross-departmental scientific research teams to be formed, adequate scientific research funding, and the implementation of the "annual salary system" after the implementation of the disease control reform. (Health Commission)
More regulation doctor designated pharmacies to buy drugs
The shortage of medicine in the hospital must be addressed
The phenomenon of doctors requiring patients to go to a designated pharmacy to buy medicine. The Qinghai Provincial Health Commission recently launched a special rectification work on issues such as "doctors in medical institutions in the province arrange patients to buy drugs in designated pharmacies", focusing on some doctors who require patients to buy drugs in designated pharmacies and accept "kickbacks". Guangdong, Fujian and other places have also issued regulations, medical institutions or doctors may not require patients to buy drugs to designated pharmacies, once it is found that there are still medical institutions in violation of the designation of retail pharmacies to buy drugs, seek improper interests, increase the burden of patients and other situations, will be seriously dealt with in accordance with the law.
Zeng Weihua, deputy chief pharmacist of Anshan Central Hospital in Liaoning Province, said, "Under normal circumstances, doctors will not designate pharmacies to let patients go to out-of-hospital pharmacies to buy medicine. If pharmacies are designated, drug manufacturers may count the number of prescriptions and give rebates to doctors through pharmacies, resulting in irrational drug use. (People's Daily Online)
Check drug storage problems at high temperatures
Store in strict accordance with the instructions
In the middle of summer, many market regulatory authorities visited retail pharmacies to supervise and inspect drug storage temperatures.
"Drug warehouses can be divided into room temperature storage, cool storage and cold storage. The room temperature storage should be controlled at 0℃ ~ 30℃; Some drugs need to be stored in a cool and dry place, requiring a temperature of 0 ° C ~ 20 ° C, called a cool library; Some drugs storage temperature requirements should not exceed 8 ° C, at the same time should not be less than 2 ° C, temperature control in this range of warehouses called cold storage. Jin Pengfei, chief pharmacist of the Department of Pharmacy of Beijing Hospital and member of the National Pharmacopoeia Committee, introduced "the storage of various drugs should be done in strict accordance with the instructions." (People's Daily Online)
General Administration of MarketSupervision
Inspection and testing agencies Enforcement "Action Week"
Video inspection research activities
The General Administration of Market Supervision organized the national inspection and testing agencies to carry out law enforcement "action week" video inspection research activities. Deputy Director General Gan Lin attended the event and delivered a speech.
The Law Enforcement Inspection Bureau, the Quality Supervision Department, and the Food sampling Inspection Department carried out dispatch and command through video link at the main venue of the General Administration, and the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and the branch venues of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps participated in the investigation and inspection through video. The market supervision bureaus of Guangdong, Sichuan, Anhui, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang reported on the progress of special law enforcement work in the field of inspection and testing and the situation of on-site law enforcement inspections. The Law Enforcement Inspection Bureau, the Food Sampling Inspection Department, and the Accreditation Testing Department sent staff to Inner Mongolia, Anhui, and Guangdong to participate in on-site law enforcement activities. (State Food and Drug Administration)
