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Venezuela pharmaceutical regulation and oversight

Overview

Venezuelan health and law enforcement authorities, including the Autonomous Sanitary Control Service (SACS) and the Scientific, Criminal, and Penal Investigation Corps (CICPC), initiated a coordinated effort to combat crimes against public health. This alliance focuses on the surveillance and inspection of pharmaceuticals, food, and other supplies to address the falsification, smuggling, and unauthorized distribution of medicines.

Following alerts regarding counterfeit drugs, such as the breast cancer medication Perjeta, the government moved to modernize its oversight through technology. The SACS and the Rafael Rangel National Institute of Hygiene (INHRR) implemented training for state coordinators on the Automated Psychotropic System and the Integral Medicine Control System. These digital platforms are intended to improve the traceability, registration, and tracking of medicines and psychotropic substances across the country.

Entities

Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas · Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud · Esperanza Briceño · Rafael Rangel National Institute of Hygiene · Autonomous Sanitary Comptroller Service

Timeline

  1. [HEALTH] 3 sources
    Venezuela implements automated systems for pharmaceutical control

    Venezuela's SACS held training for state coordinators on new automated systems designed to improve the tracking, regulation, and transparency of psychotropic substances and medicines.

  2. [HEALTH] 2 sources
    Venezuela coordinates health and police actions against pharmaceutical crime

    Venezuelan health authorities and the CICPC are forming a multidisciplinary team to combat the smuggling, falsification, and unauthorized distribution of medicines and food products.

Sources

contextohn.com · eveeno.com · mpps.gob.ve