Cambodia

The Asian Medtech Associations Regulatory Networking discussions this month centered on strategies to control COVID-19 locally and the activities of the ASEANMed industry association. This editorial feature is hosted by Medtech Insight, along with the ARQon Asia Regulatory and Quality Consultancy and the Asia Regulatory Professional Association. This is the second of two articles on the discussions.

Cambodia’s regulatory framework needs an overhaul, according to the World Health Organization, which has issued a tender for interested parties to review the current situation and produce draft legislation that meets current international norms.

Cambodia’s drug regulatory framework needs an overhaul, according to the World Health Organization, which has issued a tender for interested parties to review the current situation and produce draft legislation that meets current international norms.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has just completed a major pandemic preparedness exercise which it claims was the first of its kind to be held anywhere in the world.

The US Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention has begun a new educational campaign in Asia highlighting the health risks of counterfeit medicines. A short public service film is being aired nationally on Cambodian television and also in five other languages across other countries in Southeast Asia.