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Chinese Pharma Firms Can Support Africa Reduce Import Bill SHEM OIRERE
December 24, 2020
Africa has for decades faced the challenge of too much reliance on imported pharmaceutical and medical products to meet the needs of the continent’s growing disease burden.
Import restrictions for cannabis-based medicines in UK updated europeanpharmaceuticalreview
March 04, 2020
The UK government has changed the restrictions on importing cannabis-based medicine products into the country, allowing wholesalers to bring in larger quantities.
Germany imports largest ever shipment of EU medicinal cannabis europeanpharmaceuticalreview
September 16, 2019
An import of medicinal cannabis from Portugal to Germany signifies the largest quantity ever moved within the EU, highlighting a surge in the medicinal cannabis products market.
Pakistan lifts Indian import ban for essential medications europeanpharmaceuticalreview
September 05, 2019
A ban on Indian trade to Pakistan has been partly changed to allow the import of drugs after a shortage of critical medicine.
China to relax generic drug import laws europeanpharmaceuticalreview
August 29, 2019
The government in China has stated that small quantities of generic medicines that are legal in foreign countries will no longer be classed as “fake drugs”.
NMPA Issued the Announcement on Issues Concerning the Import of Reference Drugs for Clinical Research of Biosimilar Drugs chinadaily
July 23, 2019
On November 30, 2018, NMPA issued the Announcement on Issues Pertaining to the One-off Import of Reference Drugs for Biologicals in Clinical Trials (Announcement No. 94 of 2018), clarifying that the applicant can apply for ...
Pakistan imported medicines worth Rs 136 crore from India in 2019 expresspharma
July 18, 2019
Pakistan imported medicines and vaccines worth (Pakistani) Rs 136,99,87,000 from India in 2019, its Health Ministry has said.
FDA targets price-gouging drugmakers with plan to import rival products fiercepharma
July 23, 2018
If you’re an off-patent drug sitting pretty with no rivals—generic or otherwise—enjoy it while you can. To stir up competition, FDA is looking at importing drugs that are approved in other countries but not yet in the U.S.
To Solve the Urgent Need: Import of Anti-Cancer Drugs Might Enter the Era of Zero Tariff Muzi
April 03, 2018
The First Session of the 13th National People’s Congress of China came to a successful close on March 20.
Sun Pharmaceutical says FDA to lift import ban on Mohali manufacturing plant firstwordpharma
March 15, 2017
Sun Pharmaceutical said that the FDA will lift an import alert imposed on its Mohali manufacturing plant in India, allowing the company to begin shipping products from the facility to the US. Shares in the company rose as much as 7 percent on the news.