Healthcare Magazine March 2015 | Page 115

BRAZIL to build their capacity and to incorporate the best manufacturing practices , to meet not only the requirements of the National Health Surveillance Agency ( ANVISA ) but also those of international agencies , including the United States Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) and the European Medicines Agency ( EMEA ), regulatory and supervisory agency of the European Economic Community ( EEC ).
Abiquifi also worked with the Ministry of Health and the National Health Surveillance Agency ( ANVISA ) to strengthen the requirements related to the manufacture of pharmochemicals and pharmaceutical ingredients , with regard to the qualification and certification of laboratories and products quality control .
Abiquif Index Since 1981 Abiquifi has been publishing on a year basis the Abiquifi Index , which presents a full list of pharmochemicals and excipients produced in Brazil and other Mercosur countries .

Association Information

INDUSTRY
Pharmaceutical
HEADQUARTERS
Rio de Janeiro , RJ Brazil
ESTABLISHED
1983
NUMBER OF MEMBERS
22 companies
MANAGEMENT
Board ´ s President : José Correia da Silva Executive President : Onésimo Ázara Pereira
Dictionary of Commercial Pharmaceutical Substances The entity edits the Dictionary of Commercial Pharmaceutical Substances , consolidating in a single document the most several and scattered information on a wide range of products from pharmaceutical , medical , foreign trade areas , among others . www . abiquifi . org . br 115