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Nov November 1 The signing ceremony for the “ROC (Taiwan) MOHW FDA and Paraguay
Dec DINAVISA Collaboration Agreement” was held. The Agreement was
signed jointly by Director-General Show-Mei Wu and Acting Head of
DINAVISA Jorge Iliou and witnessed by Deputy Minister of Health and
Welfare Li-Feng Lee and Deputy Minister of Health of Paraguay Hernán
Martínez. The parties will exchange on issues of mutual interest such as
medicinal products, medical devices, and laboratory capabilities under this
collaboration agreement framework.

November 7 - The 2022 Conference on International Medical Device Regulations was
December 2 held online. Government officials from 6 countries were invited to share
the latest developments in laws and regulations on medical devices.
The topics covered included the medical device management system in
response to COVID-19, post-marketing management of medical devices,
and clinical evaluations of medical devices to help participants understand
international laws and regulations on medical devices.

November 29 TFDA held the presentation ceremony for the “2022 National
Pharmaceutical Technology Research and Development Award”. Minister
Rui-Yuan Xue gave the opening speech and presented awards to winners
of the gold, silver, and bronze medals for 12 items in the categories of
medicinal products, medical devices, and manufacturing technologies.
Meanwhile, winners of the gold medal shared their R&D accomplishments.
There were the accomplishment display and media coverage sections
outside the venue to help boost exposure of award-winning products and
publicity of the Award. More than 150 people in total attended the event.

December 5 As part of the effort to promote the cosmetic manufacturers, compliance
with Cosmetics Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations(GMP) and
to encourage the cosmetic manufacturers who proactively applied for
the inspection of GMP compliance and help to promote the cosmetics
GMP policy, the “2022 Cosmetics GMP Commendation Conference” was
held. The recommended manufacturers were invited to share their GMP
experience of planning and implementation with the hope to boost the
quality of cosmetics manufactured.

December 7 In order to encourage catering businesses to create their HACCP system
and to boost the ability to manage food safety, catering businesses that were
inspected and enforced compulsory HACCP with outstanding performance
and those approved through the voluntary catering HACCP for the first
time were recognized through the “Recognition Ceremony and Seminar on
Food Safety Control Systems Created by Catering Businesses”; there were
109 attendees in total. Businesses and the Food Industry Research and
Development Institute were invited to share their feedback on how to create
a HACCP system and the trends in the catering industry.

December 13 The “2022 TFDA Smart Medical Device Product Launch” showcased the
accomplishments of Taiwan's businesses in the R&D of intelligent medical
devices with the support of TFDA.

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