Know How Industry Experts Think About The Future of Generics

SHANGHAI, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Currently, the global generic drug market has a value of 80 billion US dollars, making up over 40% of the overall global drug market, and is growing at a rate of 8% annually while the generic drug industry of China is growing at a tremendous rate of 25%. As the 12th Five-Year Plan stipulates that the quality of generic drugs should be enhanced comprehensively, China's generic drug market will change its strategy from "mere imitating" to "innovation". Undoubtedly, the huge domestic market of generic drugs will be subject to the market criterion of "survival of the fittest".

In recent years, new drugs are coming more and more infrequently in overseas markets and the world's bulk drug industry is gradually shifting itself towards developing countries. The next few years will see the peak period of patent expirations for international drugs. China and many other developing countries will become major transfer destinations of the generic drug industry for further growth. In such a situation, generic drugs promise to become a "footboard" for China's pharmaceutical industry. Pharmaceutical enterprises may combine imitation with manufacture and have much to do in process innovation on China's generic drug market, which is characterized by "domestication of international competition and internationalization of domestic competition".

Recently, to learn more about some of the hot topics in the generics industry, the committee of The 3rdNextGen China 2013 interviewed Mr. Xie Mufeng, Deputy Director of the Pharmacist from the Shanghai Institute for Food and Drug Control.

Q: Where do you see the opportunities and challenges for the generics industry while consistency evaluation is being made of generic drugs?

A: The present task, a task of fundamental significance that will lead people to know where our weaknesses lie and inspire them to pluck up courage to advance, will greatly raise the quality of China's generic drugs and enhance the generics industry's awareness of the importance of pharmacy. It will also help lay a solid foundation for China's industrial pharmacy, which is the core of the generics industry in terms of high technology, serving to maintain the stability and uniformity of generic drugs. It is difficult to predict how much impact it may bring upon the generics industry. We have to wait and see.

Q: How long do you think it will take China to turn from a big country of generics to a strong power of generics? Who do you think will become the new protagonist on the generics market in China?

A: The present task will function as a catalyst to boost the whole industry. The multiple requirements of the final product -- the medical preparations -- will stimulate the development of the entire industrial chain because preparation manufacturers will have to make an in-depth study of and set strict limitations to the various kinds of manufacturing elements like process development, bulk drugs, accessories, and preparation equipment, thereby spurring the upgrade and transition of all the productive links, making efforts to seize the domestic market, reducing the government expenditure in healthcare costs, and finally helping China-made quality generics to make access to the international mainstream markets.

It is reported that Mr. Xie Mufeng has successfully been invited as a speaker by the committee of The 3rdNextGen China 2013, which is organized by CPhI Conferences, and will bring brilliant speeches on 28th-29th, March. His topics refer to how to evaluate trends within the new generic drugs entry using historical data and analysis and how this is affected by new laws & regulations; how to overcome the difficulty of achieving generics assessment in quality, safety and efficacy to meet the generics consistency evaluation; and new ideas and insights to increase the success of your drug in completing the generics evaluation, following up on feedback and analysis of every procedure involved in generics evaluation, etc. In addition, an interactive section will also be provided on the scene in order to promote face-to-face communication between participants and speakers.

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