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Application for Drug Import Record Filing in Shanghai

[2008-12-23 16:54:10]

Processing Procedures: The fundamental procedures for drug import record filing can be divided into four phases as inspection of materials for record filing, check of supporting documents for registration, acceptance, and processing.

(I) Inspection of Materials for Record Filing

Any and all of applicants shall, subject to Article XIII under the Measures for Administration of Drug Import, fill in the Application Form for Inspection of Imported Drug, and present any and all of materials necessary for import record filing (see attachments for details) in duplicate by holding the original of the Certificate of Registration of Imported Drug (or the Certificate of Registration of Medical Product (original or copy)), and the original of the Certificate of Import Permit for narcotics/psychotropic drugs, in case of importation whereof, to Import Record Filing Acceptance Window of Drug Registration Office under Shanghai Food and Drug Administration which will, upon receipt of the Application Form for Inspection of Imported Drug in both paper and electric forms and other relevant materials, check the completeness and trueness of those materials one by one. The Application Form for Inspection of Imported Drug can be downloaded from www.sfda.gov.cn or www.nicpbp.org.cn .

(II) Check of Supporting Documents for Registration

The inspector of Import Record Filing Acceptance Window shall inspect the trueness of the original of the Certificate of Registration of Imported Drug (or the Certificate of Registration of Medical Product (original or copy), or Certificate of Import Permit, or Document of Approval for Imported Drug) at site.

(III) Acceptance

In case the materials necessary for record filing are complete and true, and the original of the Certificate of Registration of Imported Drug (or the Certificate of Registration of Medical Product (original or copy), or Certificate of Import Permit, or Document of Approval for Imported Drug) passes inspection at site, such application can be accepted, and the above originals can be returned to the very applicant.

(IV) Processing

1. With regard to drugs sold within the Chinese territory for the first time under Article X of the Measures for Administration of Drug Import and other drugs specified by State Council (see Note 4 for details), the inspector of Import Record Filing Acceptance Window shall, within the same day upon completing due review of full materials, issue the Notice of Sampling of Imported Drug with a full set of materials for application to Shanghai Institute of Drug Control, and issue the Notice of Port Inspection of Imported Drug to Shanghai Customs, or, in case of not meeting requirements, issue the Notice of Rejecting Drug Import Record Filing at the same day upon application.

After Shanghai Institute of Drug Control completes inspection, the inspector of Import Record Filing Acceptance Window shall, within the same day upon receipt of the Report of Inspection of Imported Drug, issue the Form of Customs Clearance for Imported Drug to those varieties with the inspection comment of "Compliance with Requirements of Standard", or the Notice of Rejecting Drug Import Record Filing to those varieties with the inspection comment of "Not Compliance with Requirements of Standard",

With regard to biological products specified in Article X of the Measures for Administration of Drug Import and by State Food and Drug Administration, the inspector of Import Record Filing Acceptance Window shall, within the same day upon completing due review of full materials, issue the Form of Customs Clearance for Imported Drug to Shanghai Customs, and issue the Notice of Port Inspection of Imported Drug with a full set of materials for application to Shanghai Institute of Drug Control, or, in case of not meeting requirements, issue the Notice of Rejecting Drug Import Record Filing at the same day upon application. Those unqualified drugs shall, upon sampling by Shanghai Institute of Drug Control, be sealed until the very applicant has obtains the Report of Inspection of Imported Drug indicating pass of inspection.

2. With regard to drugs not specified in Article X of the Measures for Administration of Drug Import and drugs with the Document of Approval for Imported Drug, the inspector of Import Record Filing Acceptance Window shall, within the same day upon completing due review of full materials, issue the Form of Customs Clearance for Imported Drug to Shanghai Customs, and issue the Notice of Port Inspection of Imported Drug with a full set of materials for application to Shanghai Institute of Drug Control, or, in case of not meeting requirements, issue the Notice of Rejecting Drug Import Record Filing at the same day upon application.

3. With regard to narcotics and psychotropic drugs, the inspector of Import Record Filing Acceptance Window shall, within the same day upon completing due review of full materials, issue the issue the Notice of Port Inspection of Imported Drug with a full set of materials for application to Shanghai Institute of Drug Control without necessity of issuing the Form of Customs Clearance for Imported Drug, or, in case of not meeting requirements, shall not issue the Notice of Port Inspection of Imported Drug.

Notes:

1. The import record filing referred herein means the process where the importing unit applies to the competent food and drug administration which governs the place where the port allowing drug import is located (hereinafter referred to as the port food and drug administration) for the Form of Customs Clearance of Imported Drug. The import record filing for narcotics and psychotropic drugs means the process where the importing unit applies to the competent port food and drug administration for the Notice of Port Inspection of Imported Drug.

2. The drug import ports affiliated to Shanghai Customs are Hongqiao Airport, Pudong Airport, Office of Shanghai Post Office, Wusong Port.

3. Cases free from import record filing: drugs from offshore into the bonded warehouse, bonded zone or export processing zone; bulk drugs and crude drugs imported in the form of processing trade upon due approval; and a small amount of drugs carried about by persons entering/leaving China for personal use.

4. Drugs fall into the category provided by Article X of the Measures for Administration of Drug Import:

(1) biological products specified by State Food and Drug Administration;

(2) drugs sold within the Chinese territory for the first time; and

(3) other drugs specified by State Council.

Attachments:

I. Materials necessary for Application for Import Record Filing:

1. the original and xerox copy of the Certificate of Registration of Imported Drug (or the Certificate of Registration of Medical Product (original or copy)), the original and xerox copy of the Certificate of Import Permit for narcotics and psychotropic drugs, and/or the original and xerox copy of the Document of Approval for Imported Drug, all of which will be returned upon review at site;

2. the xerox copies of both License of Drug Operation and Business License of Incorporated Enterprise of the very applicant, and the License of Drug Production in case the drug production enterprise independently import bulk drugs and preparation intermediates necessary for production whereof. if any;

3. the xerox copy of the certificate of origin;

4. the xerox copy of the purchase contract;

5. the xerox copies of the packing list, bill of lading, and freight invoice;

6. the xerox copy of report of ex works inspection;

7. the patterns of the instruction, packaging, and label of the very drug (excluding the bulk drugs and preparation intermediates);

8. the original of the production inspection record brief and the supporting document for approval issued by the drug administration authority of the country or region of production in case of the biological products approved and issued by State Food and Drug Administration; and

9. the xerox copies of the latest Report of Inspection of Imported Drug and Form of Customs Clearance of Imported Drug in case of drugs not specified in Article X under Measures for Administration of Drug Import.

Any and all of the above materials and the Form of Application for Inspection of Imported Drug as well as the electric version whereof shall be presented in duplicate.

Processing Address: Import Record Filing Acceptance Window of Shanghai Food and Drug Administration: within Shanghai Institute of Drug Control

Address: No. 615, Liuzhou Road, Shanghai, 200233

Tel: 64828780 Fax: 64704543

Import Record Filing Acceptance Window of Shanghai Food and Drug Administration: Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone

Address: Shanghai Waigaoqiao Medicine Distribution Center, No. 439, Futexi Yi Road, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai

Tel & Fax: 58682519

Processing Time: Mondays through Fridays: 8:30~16:00

Make an appointment in phone for any of non-processing time to Shi Xiaoye at 13681781566

Processing Basis: Measures for Administration of Drug Import under Joint No. 4 Order of State Food and Drug Administration and General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China

The above document can be downloaded from http://www.sda.gov.cn

Qualified Application Subject:

Any application for import record filing for goods CIF Shanghai (see Note 2 for details), including any and all of drugs leaving the bonded warehouse, warehouse of exports under supervision, bonded area, or export processing zone into the China's domestic market (see Note 3 for details).

The very applicant shall be the independent corporate holding the License of Drug Operation.

The drug production enterprise which imports the bulk drugs and preparation intermediate necessary for production whereof (including preparation for sub-packaging within the Chinese territory) shall hold the License of Drug Production.

Source: 上海市人民政府