China,October 2009,Chamber of commerce for import&export of medicines & health products(cccmhpie) and the european directorate for the quality of Medicine&Healthcare(EDQM) have successed to held EU COS/CEP Training Session .More than 120 professionals working participated in this training session. In addition to presentations on the key subjects of the Certification Procedure and the inspections associated with it, a large part of the programme was devoted to discussions and exchanges with the participants, which clarified a large number of technical details. Individual question-and-answer sessions were also included in the programme for those who had more specific questions on the Certification Procedure or on EDQM inspections. This year we plan to continue to be held EU COS/CEP Training Session before and after  Shanghai CPhI .

The following is a message posted on the EDQM website:

THE EDQM CONTINUES ITS INSPECTIONS AND REINFORCES ITS COMMUNICATION
AND INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS IN CHINA

China, October 2009
   The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM, Council of Europe) has recentlycarried out an inspection campaign of production sites for active substances for pharmaceutical use in China, withthe assistance of official European inspectors.
   This inspection campaign was part of its regular inspection programme for manufacturing sites covered by acertificate of suitability to the monographs of the European Pharmacopoeia (CEP) or an application for a certificateof suitability respectively.
   A training session for Chinese manufacturers was also organised in a partnership with the Chamber of Commercefor Import and Export of Medicines and Health Products (CCCMHPIE, Beijing).

   China’s pharmaceutical industry has undergone considerable transformation over the last few years and it should continue to grow, with China becoming one of the world's foremost markets. It is therefore very important for the EDQM to set up and maintain communications with the Chinese pharmaceutical industry and also to provide training sessions on a regular basis so that they can work together to ensure that production quality requirements are met in order to protect public health.
   More than 120 professionals working in the areas of quality assurance, quality control and regulatory affairs participated in this training session. In addition to presentations on the key subjects of the Certification Procedure and the inspections associated with it, a large part of the programme was devoted to discussions and exchanges with the participants, which clarified a large number of technical details. Individual question-and-answer sessions were also included in the programme for those who had more specific questions on the Certification Procedure or on EDQM inspections.

This operation should be renewed in 2010.

National technical service center：Zhang Zhongpeng    DengRuiQin

Telephone：0086-10-58036321；0086-10-58036326
Fax：0086-10-58036324                                                                     

Email：zhangzhongpeng@cccmhpie.org.cn

              dengruiqin168@126.com