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4. Establishment of Technology and Database for Drug Abuse
In response to the deteriorating drug abuse and addiction issues, TFDA continues to
dedicate the developing new technology and establishing database to achieve the
prevention effectively and control of drug abuse. Important outcomes are shown as in
Table 9-6.
Section 4 Nanotechnology Product Policy and Management
Research
States
Nanotechnology is the new 21st Century trend. The TFDA sets policies for nanotechnology
research and application guidelines including all the correlated byproduct manufacture,
risk factor evaluation and monitoring system management to assure the product safety
and quality control.
Policy and Outcome
1. Establishment of Exceptional Rule and Regulation Management for Nano
Biomedical Products
(1) In 2013, 8 nanotechnology byproduct conferences were held including 2 for the
nanotechnology drug policy, 3 for nanotechnology medical equipment policy, risk
factors and experts, 1 for professional experts in nanotechnology cosmetics, and 2
Table 9-6 Important outcomes for the establishment of test technology and data for
drug abuse prevention and control in 2013
Outcome Effectiveness
Completed the synthesis of 12 standard items and
the establishment of standard spectrum database
of H1, C13-NMR, FTIR, GC-MS and HRMS
To meet the test demands, which the
synthetic standards are not commercially
available for abused drugs in Taiwan
Completed the optical spectrum conditions of 191
standard items (including amphetamine, cathinone,
tryptamines, opium, marijuana, active substances of
marijuana, cocaine, and benzodiazepines) as well as
secondary fragment mass spectrometry database
To prevent and control drug abuse, quickly
screening known and unknown abused
drugs
Completed the discussion on optimal ionization
conditions and spectrum linkage conditions of 35
substances contained in urine
Speeded up the time effectiveness of
abused drugs and commanded the trend of
drug abuse
Development the pre-treatment method and GS/
MS instrument spectrum test methods for synthetic
cathinones in urine
Provide as the reference method for the
private labs to command the prevalent trend
of synthetic cathinones