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              Table 12. Statistics of licenses for       Table 13. Statistics for controlled
                              controlled drugs                      drug inspection
                                   Item                                           Item

                      Controlled drugs
               Year                    Controlled drugs     Year   Number of  Number of
                     registration licenses                                             Violation rate (%)
                                      prescription licenses         inspection  violations
                     (number of licenses)
               2006       12,302            36,112          2006     16,629     306         1.84                  Part IV - Annex 1  Key Results and Statistics
               2007       12,360            37,792          2007     16,451     232         1.41
               2008       12,465            39,467          2008     16,241     270         1.66
               2009       12,830            41,157          2009     16,355     245         1.50
               2010       13,266            42,619          2010     15,154     196         1.29
               2011       13,745            44,469          2011     15,270     147         0.96
               2012       14,149            45,844          2012     16,214     202         1.25
               2013       14,511            47,391          2013     16,197     211         1.30
               2014       14,857            49,059          2014     17,057     304         1.78
               2015       15,148            51,111          2015     17,454     371         2.13

              Table 14. Statistics for the revenue of Pharmceutical Plant
                         of controlled drugs                                              ( unit: NT$ 1000 )

                 Year          Total revenue          Sales revenue      Submitted to the national treasury

                 2006             431,369                426,393                   123,385
                 2007             436,341                433,122                   107,105
                 2008             477,133                470,627                   101,441
                 2009             507,794                505,340                   138,473
                 2010             484,762                483,169                   145,956
                 2011             491,524                489,523                   116,414
                 2012             494,672                491,909                   120,000
                 2013             513,092                510,119                   120,000
                 2014             533,320                527,940                   120,000
                 2015             593,448                586,406                   120,000


              Table 15. Amendments and revisions to medical device regulations in 2015
                 Date              Title                                Summary
                        Promulgated the Principles for   The  principles  provide  manufacturers  as  a  reference  for
                March   Composing Chinese Language   composing package inserts and information as well as a means
                  12    Package Inserts for In Vitro   of preparing registration documents to ensure the accuracy and
                        Diagnostic Devices (IVDD)   comprehensiveness of package insert contents of IVDD.
                                                    The guidelines give businesses an initial reference for how to
                        Promulgated the Reference
                 April                              categorize and classify their products, and therefore serve as
                        Guidance for Medical Software
                  13                                a basis to be followed in developing products and registration
                        Categorization and Classification
                                                    applications.
                                                    The principles list basic contents that must be included in Chinese
                        Promulgated the Principles for
                 May                                language package inserts of medical devices, and provide
                        Composing Chinese Language Package
                  5                                 reference for businesses to compose package inserts and for
                        Inserts for Medical Devices
                                                    reviewers to review and approve package inserts.
                        Promulgated revisions to Article 8,   To achieve international harmonization and make timely revisions
                        Article 3 in Attachment 1, and Article 4   to items subject to medical device management in Taiwan,
                 June
                        in Attachment 2 of the Regulations for   products such as sports protective goggles (e.g., swimming
                  3
                        Governing the Management of Medical   goggles) with prescription lenses are listed as Class 1 medical
                        Device                      devices.
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