on july 5, the state council information office held a press conference to introduce the situation of "strengthening drug supervision and effectively guaranteeing people's drug safety". jiao hong, director of the state drug administration, said at the meeting that the state food and drug administration has carried out in-depth special rectification actions on drug safety, severely punished violations of laws and regulations, strengthened the supervision of key products such as selected varieties in the national centralized procurement, and continuously strengthened the entire life cycle quality control. over the years, through strengthening supervision, the overall pass rate of national drug sampling inspection has increased from 97.1% to 99.4%. the review and approval system for drugs and medical devices has been promoted in an orderly manner, the review and approval process has been continuously optimized, and a large number of innovative drugs and innovative medical devices have been approved for marketing. in recent years, a total of 130 innovative drugs and 217 innovative medical devices have been approved. in the first half of this year alone, 24 innovative drugs and 28 innovative medical devices have been approved for marketing, effectively meeting the health needs of the people.
