解决非处方药的全球监管差异:应对新出现的风险和协调挑战
Simran Nayan1, Ankit Kolay1, Shikha Baghel Chauhan1
1Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 201313, India.
Current drug research reviews
|August 28, 2025
概括
处方药的全球法规存在很大差异,影响了消费者安全和市场准入. 协调工作对于应对不同标准和在不断发展的非处方药市场中出现的威胁至关重要.
科学领域:
- 药物经济学和监管科学
- 全球卫生政策
- 制药法律和法规
背景情况:
- 全球非处方药市场正在扩大, 提供更多的自我治疗选择.
- 由于不同的国家批准程序,标签规则和OTC药物的安全标准存在重大监管障碍.
- 在成分分类,剂量限制和风险评估方面的差异阻碍了国际药品贸易和监管调整.
研究的目的:
- 分析包括美国 (FDA),欧洲 (EMA),亚太和发展中国家在内的全球主要市场的OTC药品监管环境.
- 识别和突出OTC药物批准,营销许可和药物监督程序中的关键差异.
- 审查监管分歧对消费者安全,国际贸易和公共卫生政策的影响.
主要方法:
- 对关键国际市场的非处方药的监管框架进行比较分析.
- 对全球制药监管和协调工作的现有文献和报告进行审查.
- 审查新出现的挑战,包括抗菌素耐药性 (AMR),假冒产品和数字健康创新.
主要成果:
- 在全球范围内,OTC药物批准途径,标签要求和市场后监督 (药物监督) 存在显著差异.
- 通过不一致的成分批准,警告和召回程序,监管差异对消费者安全构成风险.
- 缺乏标准化的质量控制和检测阻碍了全球贸易和实施有效的公共卫生政策.
结论:
- 通过数据驱动的战略,数字药物监测和基于风险的框架解决监管分歧对于提高消费者安全和市场效率至关重要.
- 国际协调委员会 (ICH) 和世界卫生组织 (WHO) 等组织的协调工作至关重要.
- 未来的OTC监管需要共同制定政策,实时监控安全,并适应不断变化的医疗保健挑战.
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