Daily Archives: November 8, 2022

On October 31st, China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) announced with immediate effect the suspension of import, sales, and use of Dutasteride Soft Capsules by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). (See the original announcement here.) According to the NMPA announcement, during the on-site inspection, GSK failed to comply with China’s regulatory requirements. The inspection found that the company…

Ever since the World Health Organization (WHO) defined “Pharmacovigilance” as “the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other possible drug-related problems” in 2002, the concerns of pharmacovigilance have kept widening. To date, aspects including herbals, traditional and complementary medicines, blood products, biologicals, medical devices, and…