ASEAN imposes tighter medicine and pharmaceutical management
19-Mar-15, Vietnam+
Healthcare, including pharmaceuticals, is one of the 12 priority sectors for ASEAN economic integration, according to a recent announcement from the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on March 18.
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Accordingly, an ASEAN mutual recognition arrangement (MRA) on good manufacturing practices (GMP) inspection for manufacturers of medicinal products had been deemed a priority initiative.
An agreement on monitoring the quality of pharmaceutical products will be approved and signed by the ASEAN member countries, expected in tandem with the creation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015.