THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence Freedom Happiness
 
No. 98/2007/QD-BNN
Hanoi, December 3, 2007
DECISION
SUPPLEMENTING AND AMENDING THE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS DECISION No. 71/2007/QD-BNN OF AUGUST 6, 2007. PROMULGATING THE ORDER OF AND PROCEDURES FOR TESTING AND ASSAY OF VETERINARY DRUGS
THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Pursuant to the Governments Decree No. 86/2003/ND-CP of July 18, 2003, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;
Pursuant to the November 12, 1996 Law on the Promulgation of Legal Documents and the December 16, 2002 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on the Promulgation of Legal Documents;
Pursuant to the April 29, 2004 Ordinance on Veterinary Medicine and the Governments Decree No. 33/2005/ND-CP of March 15, 2005, detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Ordinance on Veterinary Medicine;
At the proposal of the director of the Veterinary Department,
DECIDES:
Article 1. To amend and supplement Articles 3 and 4, and Clause 1 of Article 8 as follows:
1. To supplement Article 3 as follows:
6. Original products means patented products which are produced according to a stable manufacturing process and have circulation permits.
7. Generic drugs means drugs manufactured after an original product with the same formula, form of preparation, route of administration, treatment indications, dosage and withdrawal period (if any).
8. Original brand-name drugs means drugs having the names of their active ingredients.
9. Testing of veterinary drug means the test and identification of technical standards and the quality of a veterinary drug.
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