Taiwan Pharmaceutical Manufacturer’s Association(TPMA)台灣製藥工業同業公會

When in year 1945, needs for medical products were mounting and in response to the calling where pharmaceutical manufacturers established. At that time, there were only five in Taiwan and for the development of Taiwan pharmaceutical industry, the initiative of establishment of this association was just sprouted. Not until year 1948, there were 24 pharmaceutical manufacturers in Taiwan; those manufacturers officially initiate this organization, “Taiwan Regional Pharmaceutical Manufacturer’s Association”, by CHEN,TSO-LIN(陳作霖)、LIN,TE-HAN(林德翰)、HSU,TSAN-HUANG(許燦煌)、HUNG,WEN-CHU(洪文舉)、HSU,EN-TZU(許恩賜)、WU,WEN-TUNG(吳文統)、TSAI,JAN-CHIEH(蔡然捷)、LIN,LUNG-HSING(林隆興)、LI,CHAO-CHUAN(李朝泉) as preparation committee members. July 4th in the same year, initiators’ meeting was held, constitution was passed, 1st Board of Directors and Supervisors were elected, and Mr. WU,SAN-LIEN was elected as associations’ first President. September 21st, 1948, “Taiwan Regional Pharmaceutical Manufacturer’s Association” was granted accreditation certificate, No. 243, by the Ministry of Interior. However, until the end of August in 2018, number of TPMA’s manufacturer member are 234 in total (including ordinary member – 192, sponsor member – 42). Among them, 123 are western medicine manufacturers, 49 are traditional Chinese medicine manufacturers, and 20 are active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturers. While we look back to the history of TPMA for over than 70 years, our members have worked together with our Government, cooperated with its policies, with strong leaderships from our each term of Presidents, working hands in hands with each term of Board of Directors, Supervisors, and Committees, that our association strived and sustained. Current term of office in April, 2018, Mr. SU, TUNG-MAO (蘇東茂) is elected as Chairman, and Mr. YEH, SEN-KUEI (葉森魁) is elected as the convener of the board of supervisors.