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REGULATION
China Consults on Self-Evaluation Report Guidance for Generic Drug Registration
On April 2, 2024, China’s Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) released the two drafts of Chemical, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) Self-evaluation Reports on Class 3 Chemical Drug Registration Applications, one for drug substances, and the other for drug products.
Apr 15, 2024
REGULATION
Monthly Recap: China Pharmaceutical Regulatory Updates | December 2023
Check out the pharma regulatory updates in Dec 2023: 1. China Encourages the Development of 39 Generic Drugs; China CDE Updates eCTD Structure for Drug Registration Applications; 3. China Releases the 74th List of Reference Drugs...
Jan 04, 2024
REGULATION
Law & Regulation
Pharmacopoeia
CMC
Clinical Trial
Bioequivalence (BE)
Generic Drug
Biological Product
New Drug
GSP
Monthly Recap: China Pharmaceutical Regulatory Updates | October 2023
China pharma regulatory updates for Oct 2023: 1. NMPA Enforces Regulation on API Registration Renewal; 2. NMPA Tightens Regulation on Outsourced Manufacturing for MAHs; 3. NMPA and NHC Announce Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2020 Edition’s 1st Addendum; 4. NMPA Requires ANDAs Without RLDs to Demonstrate Clinical Value...
Nov 08, 2023
REGULATION
China Requires ANDAs Without Reference Drugs to Demonstrate Clinical Value
For generic candidates without reference listed drugs, China's NMPA requires the applicant to conducting CM) studies to prove the proposed generic drug’s equivalence to the marketed drug with the same API, assesses and demonstrates the proposed drug’s clinical value, and submits a communication application for having a type-III meeting with CDE.
Oct 17, 2023
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Law & Regulation
Guideline
Pharmacopoeia
Innovative Drug
Generic Drug
Rare Disease
Cell Therapy
Gene Therapy
Monthly Recap: China Pharmaceutical Regulatory Updates | September 2023
China pharma regulatory updates in Sept. 2023: 1. NMPA Publishes the 2022 China Drug Evaluation Report; 2. NHC Releases the 2nd Catalog of Rare Diseases; 3. NMPA Adjusts Anesthetic and Psychotropic Drug Catalogs; 4. CDE Unveils 2022 Report on the Progress of New Drug Clinical Trials in China; 5. NMPA Grants Three Rx-to-OTC Switches; 6. ICH, NMPA, and CDE Release Pharmaceutical Guidelines; 7. Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission Consults on Drafts of Drug Standards
Oct 08, 2023
REGULATION
China to Dismiss Overdue Equivalence Evaluation Applications for Generics
On Sept. 25, 2023, China CDE released the draft of the Guidance for the Acceptance Review of Quality and Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluation Applications for Generic Drugs, stating that the CDE will no longer accept equivalence evaluation applications for generic drugs of the same type if they are submitted three years or more after the first generic drug passes the equivalence evaluation.
Sep 28, 2023
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Law & Regulation
Pharmacopoeia
Reference Listed Drug (RLD)
CMC
Clinical Trial
Generic Drug
OTC Drug
Cell Therapy
New Drug
GLP
Monthly Recap: China Pharmaceutical Regulatory Updates | June 2023
Check out China's pharma regulatory updates in June 2023: 1. NMPA Announces Three Rx-to-OTC Switches; 2. NMPA Releases the 69th RLD List; 3. NMPA Specifies GLP Certification Requirements; 4. NMPA to Make Medication Package Inserts Friendlier to Senior Patients; 5. NMPA Revises Administrative Measures for Drug Inspection; 6. CDE Releases Nine (Three in Effect and Six in Consultation) Pharmaceutical Guidelines; 7. Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission Consults on One Standard on the Generic Names of Pharmaceutical Packaging Materials
Jul 27, 2023
REGULATION
Law & Regulation
Pharmacopoeia
Reference Listed Drug (RLD)
MAH
Bioequivalence (BE)
Post-market
Generic Drug
OTC Drug
Drug Registration
Monthly Recap: China Pharmaceutical Regulatory Updates | May 2023
China drug regulatory updates in May 2023: 1. China to Tighten Regulation on Drug MAHs That Outsource Manufacture; 2. China May Disallow ANDAs of Generic Drugs with No RLDs and Low Clinical Value; 3. China Outlines Path for Adding Pediatric Medication Information to Authorized Drugs; 4. China Greenlights One Rx-to-OTC Switch; 5. China Releases Two RLD Lists...
Jun 15, 2023
REGULATION
Law & Regulation
Guideline
Reference Listed Drug (RLD)
Marketing Approval
CMC
Clinical Trial
Bioequivalence (BE)
Generic Drug
Drug Registration
China May Disallow Applications of Generic Drugs with No RLDs and Low Clinical Value
On May 24, China CDE released the draft Notice of Generic Drug Study Without Reference Listed Drugs (RLDs). The draft states the precondition for developing copycats of drugs which are not listed in China’s RLD Catalog—the drugs have to be widely used, with no alternatives, and with benefits trumping risks.
Jun 05, 2023
REGULATION
China May Delist Ineligible Reference Listed Drugs (RLDs) of Chemical Generic Drugs
On Mar. 24, 2023, China NMPA released the Procedures for Adjusting Reference Listed Drugs (RLDs) of Chemical Generic Drugs (Trial) with immediate effect. RLDs are reference drugs to which generic drugs should be equivalent in safety and efficacy. NMPA finds that some listed RLDs no longer meet the Chinese Pharmacopoeia standards or the current technological requirements. That’s why NMPA formulates and implements the RLD Adjustment Procedures.
Mar 28, 2023
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