辽宁：加快生物医药和医疗器械产业提质升级

Core Viewpoint - Liaoning Province is accelerating the quality improvement and upgrading of the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries to support high-quality development in the pharmaceutical sector [1][2]. Group 1: Support for Innovation - Liaoning is providing comprehensive support for drug and medical device innovation, including the inclusion of 3 new drugs and 57 medical device products in a support list, with 134 on-site assistance visits conducted [1]. - One product from the support list has passed the National Medical Products Administration's review for innovative medical devices, while two products have entered the priority registration channel of the Liaoning Provincial Medical Products Administration for market approval [1]. Group 2: Regulatory Optimization - The province has optimized review and approval processes to accelerate the transformation of innovative results, implementing several documents to streamline procedures and reduce inspection frequency [2]. - Since the implementation of these policies, inspections for over 260 companies have been optimized, resulting in a reduction of more than 3,600 working days of enterprise inspections [2]. - Nine second-class medical device products from seven companies have been approved for market entry under the priority registration process, and two products from out-of-province companies have been registered in Liaoning [2]. Group 3: Future Initiatives - Liaoning is striving to become a pilot for the national optimization of drug supplementary application review and approval procedures, with ten technical personnel already passing the assessment by the National Medical Products Administration [2]. - The first pilot in Northeast China is expected to be established in Liaoning soon, which will provide pre-guidance, verification, inspection, and documentation services for major changes in drug applications, significantly reducing the technical review time from 200 working days to 60 [2]. - The Liaoning Provincial Medical Products Administration plans to deepen drug regulatory reforms and support the high-quality development of the pharmaceutical industry comprehensively [2].