Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs
Pharmaceutical Industry Innovation & Process Smart-Upgrade Transformation Program
製藥產業創新與製程智慧化升級轉型計畫
Industry chapter12 · Consumer Goods & Chemical Industries
Eligibility
ROC-registered companies in good credit standing — must hold a Taiwanese PIC/S GMP-certified site or contract production to one.
What’s offered
Two tracks: technology counseling — expert teams help pharmaceutical plants execute concrete smart-upgrade plans; and regulatory counseling — guides the formal regulatory pathway for upgraded processes.
Key terms
- Technology track — focus
- Targets benchmark critical-process or quality-test upgrade work.
- Technology track — funding
- Company self-funded share at least 30% of total project budget.
- Regulatory track — focus
- Aligns external-product self-inspected GMP records with the new-drug review-and-sales testing process.
- Regulatory track — funding
- Company self-funded share at least 30% of total project budget.
Application process
- 1Submit application
- 2Document review
- 3Vendor selection
- 4Notification
- 5Begin counseling
Program structure
Technology counseling
- Review items — Production capacity, process know-how, financial evaluation, talent and quality evaluation.
- Focus — Benchmark critical-process or quality-test smart-upgrade counseling.
Regulatory counseling
- Review items — Production capacity, manufacturing-process review, external regulatory documents, financial, talent and quality evaluation, market expansion potential.
- Focus — Bring upgraded manufacturers in compliance for new-drug registration and inspection in the GMP-supplied domain.
Application window
Per official announcement each cycle.
Who to contact
Pharmaceutical Industry Technology and Development Center (PITDC)
財團法人醫藥工業技術發展中心
Mr. Liu (劉先生)
English-language application support: not confirmed. Plan to bring a Mandarin-fluent collaborator to the first conversation.