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Table 1 Areas regulated by ANVISA

From: ANVISA: an introduction to a new regulatory agency with many challenges

 • Blood and blood products

 • Coordination of Brazillian Health Surveillance System

 • Cosmetics

 • Drugs

 • Generic drugs

 • Food

 • Health services (e.g., hospitals)

 • Drug Price regulations (part of a Committee)

 • Medical devices

 • Pharmacovigilance

 • Ports, airports, and borders (health-related issues and products)

 • REBLAS – Brazilian network of analytical laboratory

 • Sanitizing products

 • Tobacco

 • Pesticides (also regulated by environmental agency IBAMA and by Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock)