The Study On API Supplier Selection Of NVS Company

With the rapid development of API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) industry,in the huge API trading marketplace, China is becoming the leading manufacturer andsupplier of API. In the meantime, in global pharmaceutical marketplace, there are somany drugs recall caused by APIs quality supplied from China. Therefore, with thebooming development of API industry and the supervision from globalpharmaceutical market on Chinese API suppliers, how to select eligible API supplieris a primary mission of drug producer. Selecting quality and sustainable API supplieris a systematic and scientific research program.Firstly, in this thesis, referring to the related theory research about API market, itintroduces the definition of API, the status quo of the market, the regulatory affair orlaws on API in Europe, America, Japan and China, and the selection method andrelationship management of API supplier. Then, it takes NVS Company as a specificcase to set up a supplier selection method and evaluation standard, to establish anevaluation system of API supplier.The research of this thesis is not only very practical in guiding drug enterprise onhow to select API supplier but also offers a solution to how to enhance the sense ofAPI supplier about regulating production and strengthening quality control.