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Healthcare

Procedure for the issuance of the certificate of eligibility for pharmacy business (Part 2)

Application for facility manufacturing drugs/drug ingredients; facility importing and exporting drugs/drug ingredients; facility providing of drugs/drug ingredients storage services

Draft law amending and supplementing certain provisions of the Law on Pharmacy – Remarkable points for pharmaceutical enterprises

After more than six years of implementation, the Law on Pharmacy 2016 has effectively overcome the shortcomings of its predecessor, the Law on Pharmacy 2005, and established an important legal framework that improves and enhances the effectiveness of state regulation in the pharmaceutical industry. However, certain provisions of the current Pharmacy Law 2016 have been identified as no longer practical or suitable for application.

Procedure for the issuance of the Certificate of eligibility for pharmacy business

Application for wholesalers of drugs, drug ingredients; drug retailers, including drug stores, dispensaries of hospitals and medical stations of municipalities, retailers of herbal ingredients, herbal drugs, traditional drugs

Important considerations for enterprises when advertising drugs

This article will provide drug enterprises with comprehensive legal provisions related to drug advertising to ensure that advertising is carried out in accordance with the laws.

Important considerations for enterprises when advertising functional foods

Functional foods are special commodities and products under the management of the Ministry of Health, which means that advertising for this type of goods is subject to stricter regulation and supervision by the Government authorities. Currently, with the proliferation of functional foods advertising, consumers are finding it increasingly difficult to distinguish between “real” and “fake” claims in each advertisement. This situation may also have an impact on legitimate businesses. In our role as legal advisors, HM&P would like to provide essential considerations for enterprises involved in the trade of functional foods with essential considerations for their advertising activities.

Enterprises are still awaiting the abolition of the procedure for obtaining approval for the content of cosmetic advertisements

In this article, HM&P will highlight some of the shortcomings that enterprises have encountered in the implementation of this procedure, which serve as a basis for the abolition decision by the State Authorities, as well as provide updates on the timeline for the abolition of this procedure.