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China Releases Draft List of Second Batch of Encouraged Generic Medicines
On Dec. 30, 2020, China National Health Commission issued the Draft List of Second Batch of 19 Generic Medicines, encouraging pharmaceutical firms to develop and produce them. Medicines for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma are included in the list.
Mar 08, 2021
POLICY
China's 2020 National Reimbursement Drug List Includes 119 Additional Drugs
China's National Healthcare Security Administration and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security have released the 2020 Edition of the National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL) on Dec. 28, 2020, which will take effect on Mar. 1, 2021.
Mar 08, 2021
POLICY
China to Exempt Import Tariffs on 61 Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients for Anticancer and Rare Disease Drugs
China will apply interim import tax rates that are lower than most-favored-nation tariffs on 883 kinds of goods from Jan. 1, 2021, according to the 2021 Tariff Adjustment Plan issued by the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council on Dec. 23, 2020.
Mar 08, 2021
POLICY
Chinese Market Becomes More Intense for Antidiabetic Drugs
China's fourth round of national centralized drug procurement has begun, according to the Jinfu Chen, deputy head of the National Healthcare Security Administration in Beijing on Jan. 29, 2021. This time five new diabetes medications are included in the procurement list. They are empagliflozin, canagliflozin, repaglinide, nateglinide, and gliclazide.
Mar 08, 2021
REGULATION
China Requires Drug Market Authorization Holders to Submit Annual Report
On Dec. 10, 2020, the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) published the drafts of Administrative Provisions of Annual Drug Reports and Template for the Annual Drug Report, asking for public consultation before Dec. 22, 2020.
Mar 08, 2021
REGULATION
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