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Procedure NameGranting permission to import rare drugs/medicines for treatment needs of specific hospitals in special cases Ministry of Health - Drug Administration of Vietnam
Description
Category
License/Permit
Responsible Agency                   
 
Ministry of Health - Health Environment Management Agency
Address: 135/1 Nui Truc – Ba Dinh - Hanoi         
Phone: (+844) 3736 (ext:
Email:
Legal base of the Procedure                   
  • Law on Product and Goods Quality No. 05/2007/QH12 dated November 21, 2007
  • Law No. 06/2007/QH12 of November 21, 2007, on Chemicals.
  • Law No. 67/2014/QH13 dated November 26, 2014, on investment
  • Law No. 68/2014/QH13 dated November 26, 2014, on enterprises
  • Law No. 68/2006/QH11 of June 29, 2006 on standards and technical regulations
  • Decree 91/2016/ND-CP dated July 01, 2016, on management of insecticidal and germicidal chemicals and preparations for household and medical use
  • Circular 277/2016/TT-BTC dated November 14, 2016, on amounts, collection, payment, management and use of fees in the fields of pharmacy and cosmetics
Process time
  • Within 30 days, since the date received full dossier, HEMA issues document for enterprise to supplement more documents, modify dossier or permit or not allowed experimental
  • Within 30 days from receiving Experimental Result and component testing from enterprise to supplement to the dossier, HEMA shall issues answer of supplement more documents or grant the circulation number or refuse to grant circulation number
Fee
  • Fee for appraisal of the application dossiers (first submitted together with dossiers of registration for new circulation): VND 2,000,000 / dossier
  • Fee for appraisal of the new circulation registration (paid when supplementing questionnaire on results of assay and results of testing of active ingredients): VND 8,000,000 / dossier
 
Required Documents
No.
Type of documents
Note
1
An application for the new circulation registration
01 original copy
2
Documents on the legal status of registered establishments, manufacturing facility
01 original copy
3
Letter of attorney for registration of circulation
01 original copy
4
The technical documentation of the proposed regimen includes the contents specified in Annex V to Decree 91/2016/ND-CP.
 
5
Test results of composition and content of active ingredients in preparations (supplemented with the questionnaire of test results)
01 original copy
6
Questionaire of the experimental result
01 original copy
7
Label of the composition
 
8 Certificate of Free Sale (applied for imported product)  
9 Documents and research results on safety and efficiency or recommended by the World Health Organization or the other international organizations equivalent to the use of preparations for domestic and medical use (for preparations Contains active ingredient or product form for the first time registered in Vietnam).  
 
Requirements and conditions:
1

Article 19. Requirements for registered preparations

1. The toxicity of preparations of which the registration is carried out is not classified in Class Ia or Ib according to WHO’s classification system for pesticides (or insecticidal preparations), or in Heading I or II according to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).

2. Preparations must not contain any of active ingredients in the list of active ingredients banned from use in preparations.

3. The registration of preparations which contain any of active ingredients in the list of active ingredients with restricted use in preparations shall be made within the regulated scope of use only.

4. Registered preparations must be made by a manufacturer that has declared its eligibility to produce preparations as regulated (domestic preparations) or attached with Certificate of Free Sale (for imported preparations).
2

Article 20. Holders of sale registration certificates

1. The following entities may be holders of sale registration certificates:

a) A domestic enterprise, or co-operative, or business household that is the owner of preparations of which the registration is made or a representative office in Vietnam of a foreign trader who is the owner of relevant preparations;

b) A domestic enterprise, or a co-operative, or a business household that applies for the registration of preparations under the authorization of the owner of such preparations;

c) A representative office of foreign trader in Vietnam that applies for the registration of preparations under the authorization of the owner of such preparations.

2. In case of additional registration of preparations, or extension of registration number, or re-issuance of Sale Registration Certificate, the holder of sale registration certificate is also the registration number holder.

3. If the owner of preparations gives permission to its authorized entity to re-authorize another entity to apply for the registration of preparations, the permitted reauthorization must be clarified in the Letter of Authorization.

4. If there are two or several entities in Vietnam apply for the registration of the same type of preparations under the authorization of the owner of that type of preparations, Ministry of Health shall only receive and settle the application submitted by the entity that comes first with a valid letter of authorization.
 
Process Steps
Step 1
 
Organizations and individuals submit the official circulation registration dossiers and the charge for dossier evaluation to the Health Environment Management Agency
Step 2
Within one month from the date of receipt of the dossier, HEMA issues document allows to carry out experimental. In case of not permitting the experimental, a written reply must be made, clearly stating the reasons of refusal.
Step 3
Within 12 months since HEMA allows to carry out experimental, the register must supplement experimental result to supplement the dossier. If 12 months are over due, the registration dossier will be expired
 
Step 4 Within 30 days from receiving the supplemented experimental result, HEMA must issues circulation number or clearly document that state out the reason.
Step 5 Return the result to the register.
 
 
Process Map:
CategoryProcedure

The following form/s are used in this procedure
TitleDescriptionCreated DateUpdated DateIssued By
Applicant for official registration for chemicals and preparations insecticides and disinfectants in household and health01-07-201617-05-2017Ministry of HealthThis is Dowload File
Technical documents of chemical, preparation used as insecticides and disinfectants01-07-201617-05-2017Ministry of HealthThis is Dowload File
Requirement of Authorization letter17-05-201717-05-2017Ministry of HealthThis is Dowload File
Requirement for the CFS17-05-201717-05-2017Ministry of HealthThis is Dowload File
This procedure applies to the following measures
NameMeasure TypeAgencyDescriptionCommentsLegal DocumentValidity ToMeasure Class
Register for new circulation of the insecticidal and germicidal chemicals and preparations for household and medical useRegistration RequirementMinistry of HealthPreparations which are permitted to use abroad but imported to use in Vietnam for the first time must register for circulationPreparations which are permitted to use abroad but imported to use in Vietnam for the first time must register for circulationDecree 91/2016/ND-CP dated July 1, 2016 of the Government on management of insecticidal and germicidal chemicals and preparations for household and medical use31-12-9999Good