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2023 Taiwan Food and
Drug Administration

Annual Report

    Figure 4-1 Solution production line equipment   ▍	Achievements and Benefits
                  chart - filling equipment
                                                          In 2022, the Factory completed the
    Figure 4-2 Solution production line equipment   production line for solutions and obtained
                  chart - packaging equipment       permits for Methadone Oral Concentrate and
                                                    Morphine Sulfate Oral Solution. Approval for
    ▍	Implementation Strategy                       the manufacturing and self-mass production of
                                                    solutions was also received and research and
          The plan is to add production lines for   development of Oxycodone Hydrochloride
    new formulations in the newly renovated         Immediate Release Capsules, Morphine
    workshops. The goal is to build production      Sulfate Prolonged Release Capsules, and
    lines for solutions, capsules, and patches      Matrix Patches are ongoing. The Factory's
    and maximize space for production and           future product range will include injections,
    warehousing each year. Injections and           tablets, solutions, capsules, and patches, with
    solutions are given priority for R&D products,  a self-production rate of up to 70%. The filling
    followed by capsules and patches, which         equipment and packaging equipment for the
    require more advanced technology.               solution line are shown in Figures 4-1 and 4-2.

                                                    Section 3

                                                    Enhance Drug
                                                    Abuse Early Warning
                                                    Mechanism

                                                    ▍	Introduction of the Policy

                                                          New psychoactive substances (NPSs)
                                                    have a wide range of varieties and have
                                                    developed rapidly. In order to effectively
                                                    monitor NPSs, TFDA continues to reinforce
                                                    the capacity of domestic accredited institutions

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