The epidemic spread to China and Indian raw materials, and fell into a chain-breaking crisis.
In view of the fact that the COVID-19 epidemic spread around the world, which may cause the raw material supply chain to break, Chairman Su Dongmao pointed out that Chinese mainland is the world's largest producer and exporter of raw materials, accounting for 30% to 40% of the total raw materials imported by Taiwan Province Province. Even India imports 70% of pharmaceutical raw materials from China, and the United States relies on China and India for 80% of its medicines.
China and India have mastered the global supply sources of key raw materials, such as antibiotics, vitamin C and antipyretic and analgesic drugs. However, China is still trying to return to work, and India has only recently closed the world's largest city. In addition, Europe, the United States, Australia and other countries have also fallen into the peak of the epidemic, so there has been a crisis of drug supply shortage.
The international high-quality raw materials of famous drugs in Taiwan Province Province are strictly sourced.
According to the statistics of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the pharmaceutical industry in Taiwan Province Province is mainly engaged in the production and sales of raw materials and western medicine preparations. The output value of 20 19 reached 75160 million yuan, and the export value of western medicine preparations was 9.82 billion yuan, which was exported to 57 countries around the world, mainly to Asian countries. The five major exporters are the United States, Chinese mainland, Japanese, Vietnamese and Belgian. About 70 pharmaceutical companies (including drugs and health products) have export performance, which shows that the GMP-cGMP-PIC/S GMP manufacturing quality of Taiwan Province pharmaceutical companies has been internationally recognized.
Chairman Su Dongmao said that western medicine preparations in Taiwan Province Province are mainly generic drugs, which means that other qualified pharmaceutical companies can produce approved drugs with the same ingredients after the patent right of the original drug expires. "Generic drugs have the same effective ingredients, dosage forms, doses and curative effects as the original drugs, and have been reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration to varying degrees. 」
However, people often misunderstand that domestic generic drugs are cheap and of poor quality because the source of raw materials is China. He stressed that, as mentioned above, European and American countries are also using it. In addition, under the strict control and process management of the Food and Drug Administration, Taiwan Pharmaceutical Factory must audit the supplier's supply and complete the evaluation procedure. The application materials for drug inspection registration must indicate the source and specifications of the raw materials used, and it is not allowed to change the pharmaceutical raw materials at will.
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In response to the epidemic situation, Chairman Su Dongmao mentioned that the Food and Drug Administration had made arrangements in advance. In February, he informed the Taiwan Province Pharmaceutical Factory to make an inventory of the factory for at least three months, and held a coordination meeting between drug dealers and medical institutions. On March 17, 2009, he promulgated the Principles for the Administration of Drug Supply during the Epidemic Prevention of Severe and Special Infectious Pneumonia: If drug dealers and medical institutions are in financial difficulties, drug dealers should follow the instructions of medical institutions or pharmacies.
At the same time, fearing the shortage of overseas raw materials or the emergence of secondary raw materials, the Food and Drug Administration also invited the manufacturers of APIs and preparations to hold a coordination meeting in February to discuss sending additional personnel to speed up the review process and assist the import of APIs into Taiwan under the principle of ensuring drug quality.
Taiwan Province pharmaceutical industry is highly valued by the National Defense and People's Livelihood Industry Pharmaceutical Association.
"Taiwan Province's pharmaceutical industry is a national defense and people's livelihood industry! Chairman Su Dongmao said that during the epidemic, he would cooperate with * * * to stabilize the supply, and called on medical institutions not to panic and not to hoard goods. If there is a shortage of drugs, Taiwan Province Pharmaceutical Factory will cooperate with the Food and Drug Administration to start project production.
Chairman Su called on * * to attach importance to and support Taiwan's pharmaceutical industry after this epidemic. Taiwan's pharmaceutical industry adheres to the belief that "medical treatment comes from specialty, specialty comes from trust, trust comes from quality, and quality comes from MIT" and has become a powerful backing to help * * * stabilize drug supply and demand in times of social crisis.
Subject: generic drugs, western medicine preparations