REVIEW article

Front. Med.

Sec. Regulatory Science

Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1571922

Training and Practice for Drug Inspectors in China Training and Practice for Drug Inspectors in China: Experiences, Challenges, and Developments

Provisionally accepted
Jinyao  SunJinyao Sun1Lubo  GuoLubo Guo2Zhixiang  ShiZhixiang Shi1Fang  WuFang Wu1*Yongze  ZhangYongze Zhang1*
  • 1China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
  • 2Jinan Central Hospital, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

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The professional level and inspection ability of drug inspectors directly determine the quality of inspection and affect drug safety. Drug inspectors need to guarantee that they can effectively perform their duties and better provide reliable supervision by receiving strict qualification authentication, systematic professional training, and standardized behavior management. This paper highlights the current situation of training and practice for drug inspectors in China, particularly the development and achievements in recent years, and examines the current challenges and opportunities facing the drug inspector training system in China and proposes some recommendations for improving the drug inspector training system, aiming to provide some insights for improving the overall quality and modernizing the inspection abilities of drug inspectors in China.

Keywords: China, drug regulation, Drug inspector, Practice, Present and future, training

Received: 06 Feb 2025; Accepted: 20 May 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Sun, Guo, Shi, Wu and Zhang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence:
Fang Wu, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
Yongze Zhang, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China

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