Shanghai Issues 15th Five-Year Drug Safety Plan, Targets Vaccines and Advanced Therapies

Cointime update: Shanghai’s Food and Drug Safety Committee issued the city’s 15th Five-Year Plan for drug safety and high-quality development of the pharmaceutical industry. The plan calls for targeted oversight of key fields and products, full coverage of vaccines, blood products, advanced therapy drugs, sterile drugs, special drugs and segmented production, and continued stationed inspections at vaccine manufacturers. It also strengthens risk controls in data reliability, sterility assurance, deviation and change management.