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2023 Taiwan Food and
Drug Administration
Annual Report
for their reference and adoption to boost the Given the quick global economic and
test capacity and international publicity of trade developments and restructuring of the
our country and to facilitate the exchange supply chain, the Ministry of Health and
of information on medicinal products Welfare implemented the “Mid-to-Long-
internationally. In addition, while the quality term Plan for New Southbound Medicial
control model for emerging biotech medicinal Health Collaboration and Industrial Chain
products such as nucleic acid drugs is yet to be Development” to go with the new southbound
standardized internationally, TFDA has already policy of our country. With the implementation
defined the novel NGS test technology to lead of the Plan, TFDA hopes to strengthen
the innovative test capacity of our country collaboration with new southbound countries
in medicinal products. Such technology has in medicine applying our experience from the
been applied in the testing of 49 batches long-term devotion to the establishment of an
of COVID-19 vaccines, with accumulated international management setting for laws and
capabilities in monitoring the quality and regulations on medicine and our strengths in
coping with the quality risk of emerging the industry. Stage 2 (2022-2025) is planned
biotech medicinal products. to stabilize partnerships with new southbound
countries and to advance into the international
Section 6 market for the medicinal industry by
investigating the supervision and management
Investigate and strategies and regulatory updates for medicinal
Analyze Information products in new southbound countries.
on Laws and
Regulations ▍ Implementation Strategy
Governing Medicinal
Products in New I. Collection and analysis
South-bound of regulatory information
Countries on laws and regulations
governing medicinal
▍ Introduction of the Policy products in new southbound
countries and strategies
adopted by advanced
countries in entering the new
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