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(4) On-site surveys for accreditation of<br />

overseas manufacturers<br />

When a GMP compliance survey is<br />

performed simultaneously with the<br />

accreditation, the structures <strong>and</strong><br />

facilities are required for accreditation<br />

to be confirmed <strong>in</strong> the GMP<br />

compliance survey, as a rule.<br />

3.8 Drug Retail Seller Licens<strong>in</strong>g<br />

A license must be obta<strong>in</strong>ed from the<br />

Prefectural Governor or other specified<br />

officials for market<strong>in</strong>g or otherwise provid<strong>in</strong>g<br />

of drugs. Licenses for drug retailers have<br />

been classified as follows based on<br />

amendment of the <strong>Pharmaceutical</strong> Affairs<br />

Law enacted on June 14, 2006 (Law No. 69:<br />

enforced from June 1, 2009). :<br />

(1) Pharmacies<br />

(2) Store-based drug sellers<br />

(3) Drug sellers by household<br />

distribution<br />

(4) Drug sellers by wholesale<br />

distribution<br />

* For store-based drug sellers <strong>and</strong><br />

drug sellers by household<br />

distribution, qualifications<br />

(prefectural exam<strong>in</strong>ation) for newly<br />

registered sellers have been<br />

established <strong>in</strong> addition to the those<br />

for pharmacists. These sellers can<br />

market drugs except for type 1<br />

drugs.<br />

<strong>Pharmaceutical</strong> <strong>Regulations</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Japan</strong>:<br />

3.9 Quality St<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong> Government<br />

Certification<br />

The <strong>Japan</strong>ese Pharmacopoeia, <strong>Japan</strong>ese<br />

<strong>Pharmaceutical</strong> Codex, <strong>Japan</strong>ese<br />

<strong>Pharmaceutical</strong> Excipients, <strong>and</strong> other similar<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ards have been specified as quality<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ards. Certa<strong>in</strong> specified drugs such as<br />

biological products must not be marketed or<br />

supplied without government certification<br />

based on batch tests.<br />

3.10 Label<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> Package Inserts<br />

Specified items must be entered on the<br />

immediate conta<strong>in</strong>er of drugs. The package<br />

<strong>in</strong>serts must conta<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>dications,<br />

dosage/adm<strong>in</strong>istration, precautions, <strong>and</strong><br />

precautions for h<strong>and</strong>l<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

All <strong>in</strong>gredients used as excipients must be<br />

<strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the package <strong>in</strong>serts of<br />

prescription <strong>and</strong> non-prescription drugs.<br />

Entries <strong>in</strong> the package <strong>in</strong>serts of biological<br />

products are specified <strong>in</strong> Notification No.<br />

0515005 of the PFSB dated May 15, 2003<br />

<strong>and</strong> label<strong>in</strong>g on the immediate conta<strong>in</strong>er or<br />

packag<strong>in</strong>g of biological products is specified<br />

<strong>in</strong> Notification No. 0515017 of the PFSB<br />

dated May 15, 2003. These specifications<br />

came <strong>in</strong>to effect from July 30, 2003.<br />

Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the <strong>Pharmaceutical</strong> Affairs Law<br />

amended on April 1, 2005, a new regulatory<br />

category for prescription drug label<strong>in</strong>g<br />

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