Registration system, drug

All 10 countries have a registration system for allopathic/modem drugs, but only seven countries (Australia, Estonia, Malaysia, Netherlands, Tunisia, Uganda and Venezuela) make registration of herbal medicines compulsory. 

The purpose of registration is to assess drugs for efficacy, safety and quality and to ensure that they are of an acceptable standard for use. When similar products are processed, the rates of registration approval and rejection reflect the ability of the registration system to prevent questionable products from gaining market access (3). 

DRUG DISCOVERY INFORMATICS REGISTRATION SYSTEMS AND UNDERLYING TOOLKITS (APPENDICES 1 AND 2)... 

Appendix 1 Drug, MOLECULAR REGISTRATION Systems, AND CHEMISTRY DATA Cartridges... 

The drug registration system and other healthcare matters underwent radical changes after the collapse of the communist regime, as did all spheres of life in Poland including the political, social and economic aspects. 

Apart from the criticised registration system, well founded in some ways, the advanced international pharmaceutical companies will keep and enlarge their future pharmaceutical market and export of their drugs to Poland. A mutual close cooperation and multi-basis support, including help on financial and information issues would be in the interest of Poland and other countries. 

The computerised drug registration system to capture all information pertaining to licences issues in relation to drug registration was commissioned in January 1989. This system also has an enforcement module which captures data on inspection and legal action instituted against offenders. 

Knapp (1998) has noted that there is a need to know if additional treatment costs have a downstream pay-off in system-wide cost-effectiveness. This is almost certainly the case for clozapine, but it is less clear for other drugs. Knapp (1998) argues that cost-effectiveness studies need to be part of the initial evaluative process rather than an afterthought. In this respect very new drugs may have an advantage as these calculations can be built into the current registration... 

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