Strong Regulation of Medical Products: Cornerstone of Public Health and Regional Health Security
Roth, Susann; Ball, Douglas; Parry, Jane; Khetrapal, Sonalini; Reggi, Valerio | September 2018
Abstract
National regulatory agencies (NRAs) are the gatekeepers of the supply chain of medical products such as pharmaceuticals and medical devices. It is through registration with an NRA that a manufacturer brings products to market. Post marketing surveillance of how those products perform and impact patient safety—including how quality is maintained in storage and distribution, and adverse events associated with their use—also falls under the agency’s remit, as does inspection of manufacturing facilities and regulation of product promotion and advertising. At the same time, the value chain for medical products is becoming increasingly globalized. In pharmaceutical manufacturing, for example, active ingredients may be sourced from multiple countries for medicines production in another, before being globally distributed. A weakness in one part of the supply chain can have adverse consequences for patients thousands of miles away.
Citation
Roth, Susann; Ball, Douglas; Parry, Jane; Khetrapal, Sonalini; Reggi, Valerio. 2018. Strong Regulation of Medical Products: Cornerstone of Public Health and Regional Health Security. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/8798. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.PDF ISBN
978-92-9261-345-7
Print ISBN
978-92-9261-344-0
ISSN
2071-7202 (print)
2218-2675 (electronic)
Keywords
Aged Health
Civil Society Development
Infrastructure Development
Infrastructure Development Projects
Technology Development
Underdevelopment
Health Risk
Health for All
Health and Hygiene and the Poor
Quality of Health Care
Public Health
Partnerships in Health Reform
Health Systems
Nutrition and Health Care
Education, Health and Social Protection
Access to Health Care
Medication
Access to Medicine
Project finance
Development programs
Development strategy
Government programs
Infrastructure projects
Industrial development
Social change
Sanitation
Diseases
Water Quality
Health Hazards
Health Care Services
Health Standards
Health Service Management
Health Costs
Electronics
Computers
Child Development
Prenatal Care
Nutrition Programs
Child Nutrition
Child Development
Infrastructure
Central planning
Developing countries
Partnership
Joint venture
Limited partnership
Strategic alliances
Sanitary engineering
Sanitation systems
Sanitation services
Sanitary affairs
Delivery of health care
Prevention of disease
Health status indicators
Digital
State and nutrition
Nutrition and state
Food policy
Nutrition policy
Obesity
Hospices
Sanitation services
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