26. October 2016

Chinese FDA (CFDA) Order 134 "Matters Concerning Bundling Review and Approval of Pharmaceutical Packaging Materials, Pharmaceutical Excipients and Drugs" took effect on August 10, 2016. This order provides for the approval of pharmaceutical packaging materials and excipients in conjunction ("bundled") with drug product applications. Previously in China, packaging materials and excipients could be reviewed independently via the Import Drug License (IDL, Drug Licensing) process. READ MORE

04. June 2016

On 17 February 2016, CFDA released the Health Food Raw Materials Directory (the first batch) –Nutrition Supplement Raw Materials Directory. In order to further regulate the management of health food filing and in accordance with requirements of Measures for the Management of Health Food Registration and Filing, CFDA organized to draft the Name List of Excipients available for Health Food Filing (the first batch) (Chinese version download) and the Name List of Health Food Filing Excipients...

01. July 2015

Colorcon officially opened a new technical service laboratory in Beijing, China on June 25, 2015. Located in the Beijing YiZhuang Biomedical Park, this technical centre is in a unique position to work closely with the pharmaceutical research community in the North China region. More

14. June 2015

China has launched more than 500 types of pharmaceutical excipients, far less than 1,500 types of the United States and 3,000 types of Europe. By market size, gelatin capsules, sucrose, starch, film-coated powder, 1,2-propylene glycol, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC), microcrystalline cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) and lactose rank as the top 10 pharmaceutical excipients in China. More

25. January 2015

By Gareth MacDonald+Gareth MACDONALD, 23-Jan-2015BASF will spend €56m ($62m) to increase production capacity for the excipient PVP by expanding existing plants and introducing manufacturing capabilities at its facility in Shanghai, China. http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/Ingredients/BASF-to-take-on-Asian-PVP-producers-and-target-generics-firms-with-new-capacity-in-China

21. August 2014

Individuals from IPEC-Americas will travel to Latin America late August and early September to participate in a series of workshops in partnership with Sindusfarma, Canifarma, Safybi, Iname and the University of Sao Paulo. A sample agenda follows and similar topics will be presented during the subsequent workshops. A planned IPEC-JCCT Excipient Workshop is also planned for China later in the month of September. http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/ipec/ipec082014.php