(Prensa Latina) Mexico and China signed a cooperation agreement on medicine through the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk (COFEPRIS) and the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Thursday.
The Secretariat explains in a press release that the agreement will speed up the inspection and approval processes for vaccines, medicines and medical devices from both countries.
The regulatory agencies of each country virtually welcomed the agreement signed at an event in which COFEPRIS federal commissioner Alejandro Svarch and Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights at the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, Martha Delgado Peralta, were present.
NMPA commissioner Jiao Hong and Chinese Ambassador to Mexico Mr. Zhu Qingqiao also attended the event.
The agreement stipulates that both agencies will take into account the registration information issued by their counterpart as a reference, always under the applicable national legislation.
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