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Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs in China Training Course

A detailed overview of the key areas of pharmaceutical regulatory affairs in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

2-3 July 2024
+ 10-11 December 2024 »
from £1099

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Course overview

This seminar will provide an invaluable overview of how to gain and maintain a successful pharmaceutical marketing authorisation in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.The two-day course will cover:

• All important aspects of gaining and maintaining a successful marketing authorisation in the region
• Recent regulatory reforms
• Drug regulatory systems
• An overview of import and local manufacture registration
• Clinical product development including CMC regulatory requirements
• An interpretation of practical aspects
• The opportunity to exchange experiences with other delegates

Benefits of attending:

Gain an overview of the regulatory procedures in the region
Understand and assess the impact of recent regulatory reforms
Discuss clinical product development and Chinese-specific approaches
Understand requirements for import and local manufacture registration
Discuss product registration strategies

This course is part of our Regulatory Affairs Training course collection, which features updates on the latest regulations to registration procedures and strategies.

Who should attend?

This seminar will be of particular interest to all those who need to learn about successful marketing authorisation applications and in-market regulatory compliance in this region. You will find this seminar useful both as an introductory or refresher course.

Previous delegates have included scientists and technical staff in regulatory affairs and registration departments, medical directors, and personnel from analytical research and development, clinical development, quality assurance, new business development and regulatory authorities.

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This course will cover:

Day 1
Day 2

General introduction to the PRC and the pharmaceutical market

Commercial and cultural background

P.R. China - Drug Regulatory Systems

Regulatory authorities
Recent regulatory changes
Regulations and guidelines
Drug classification systems
Import and local manufacture registration
Data requirements
Registration requirements
Labelling requirements

P.R. China - Clinical Product Development

Regulatory aspects of clinical development
Recent regulatory changes
Documentation needs including CMC
Regulatory requirements including GCP aspects
Chinese-specific approaches
Multinational clinical trials

Hong Kong SAR

Background overview
Regulatory authorities
Regulatory requirements and procedures
Specific market aspects

Macau SAR

Brief overview of regulatory aspects

P.R. China - Regulatory Strategies

P.R. China - Health Authority Interactions

P.R. China - Maintenance

Taiwan (Republic of China)

Cultural background
Regulatory authorities
Regulations and guidelines
Drug classification systems
Data requirements
Country-specific matters

P.R China - Recent Developments

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Alan Chalmers
Pharma International

Dr Alan Chalmers is a pharmacist with over 35 industrial experiences mainly in the field of pharmaceutical regulatory affairs. A graduate of Strathclyde University in Glasgow with a B.Sc. in Pharmacy with specialisation in Pharmaceutical Technology, his Ph.D. at Manchester University was in Pharmaceutical Formulation. From 1975-1978 he was Development Officer and Clinical Trials Pharmacist of Allen & Hanburys (part of the then Glaxo group). In 1978 he joined Ciba-Geigy in DRA. Over 20 years were spent with Ciba-Geigy/CIBA/Novartis in all aspects of regulatory affairs including head of a group company DRA in Canada and for many years as Head of Pharma International regulatory affairs.

He has been consultant to the IFPMA, WHO and other international bodies and was Chairman of the Organising Committee of the initial IFPMA Asian Regulatory Conferences in Hong Kong and Singapore and Rapporteur to the more recent conferences in China and Malaysia.

Since 1998 he has been an independent regulatory consultant and is Director of his own consultancy company Pharma International in Switzerland. He has also been director of two UK and Swiss registered pharmaceutical companies with specialised responsibility for international regulatory strategy. More recently as accredited by Swissmedic, Dr. Chalmers is a Qualified Person supporting several Swiss pharmaceutical companies trading internationally with pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

He is published, and his publications include a textbook on International Pharmaceutical Registration, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and as Swiss correspondent to the Regulatory Affairs Journals Pharma and Medtech. Since 2012 he has been a member of the Editorial Board, Scrip Regulatory Affairs.

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Monica Dressler-Meyer
Pharma International

Mónica Dressler-Meyer is DRA Manager based in Switzerland with many years of regulatory experience. She has spent many years in DRA working with different pharmaceutical companies with responsibility for Asia Pacific and lately also for development activities in other regions. Prior to this, she worked at F. Hoffmann-La Roche in Switzerland where she gained several years’ experience in industry basics and pre-clinical research. She has a Degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry from Basel University.

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NEW higher discounts for multiple bookings - bring your colleagues to make your training budget go further:

30% off the 2nd delegate*
40% off the 3rd delegate*
50% off the 4th delegate*

Please contact us for pricing if you are interested in booking 5 or more delegates

2-3 July 2024

Live online

09:00-17:00 UK (London) (UTC+01)
10:00-18:00 Paris (UTC+02)
04:00-12:00 New York (UTC-04)
Course code 13819

GBP 1,299
EUR 1,869
USD 2,129

2 days live online training
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10-11 December 2024

Live online

09:00-17:00 UK (London) (UTC+00)
10:00-18:00 Paris (UTC+01)
04:00-12:00 New York (UTC-05)
Course code 14074

GBP 1,099 1,299
EUR 1,589 1,869
USD 1,817 2,129

Until 05 Nov

2 days live online training
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* Early booking discounts may not be combined with other discounts or offers. As such, the discounts for 2nd/3rd/4th delegates are based on the full price; and apply only when booking multiple delegates on the same date.