Uncovering the chaos in the cosmetic contact lenses industry: multiple brands use the same medical device registration number

The retail price of multiple brands of cosmetic contact lenses with the same medical device registration number is less than 10 yuan.
The quality of some cosmetic contact lenses in hidden network pharmacies is questionable.
Cosmetic contact lenses are another name for color contact lenses
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At the moment when wearing masks has become a habit, as a single product for young people to show their individuality and pursue fashion, the cosmetic contact lenses market has ushered in a bright moment
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However, cosmetic contact lenses are not cosmetic products, but medical devices, and their supervision is very strict
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A reporter from Beijing Youth Daily found that some online cosmetic contacts have doubts about their qualifications, whether they are the products themselves or the sellers
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Some online cosmetic contact products show that the seller is "a pharmacy".
It is understood that cosmetic contact lenses belong to the third category of medical device products.
In accordance with China's relevant laws and regulations, companies must have relevant qualifications to sell the third category of medical devices
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A reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily learned that some cosmetic contact lenses are sold online as "a pharmacy", but when inquiring about cosmetic contact lenses, the pharmacy customer service said that the information about contact lenses needs to be answered by others
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A reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily noted that the place of delivery of other products in the pharmacy is not consistent with the place of delivery of the same-store cosmetic contact lenses
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It is understood that this type of online business that sells cosmetic contacts has a feature, that is, if the platform does not compulsorily publicize its related permission, its page will not express it
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If customers ask for their own qualification certificates, some will only show the relevant license for the sale of their medical devices, that is, the license held by the online pharmacy
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Under normal circumstances, offline pharmacies rarely sell optical products such as contact lenses in stores.
Why are they so keen on the Internet? Some people engaged in e-commerce revealed that some cosmetic contactor sellers do not have the qualifications themselves.
With the strict supervision of the platform, they will choose to cooperate with some online pharmacies and use the advantage of the other party's medical device license to sell cosmetic contact lenses, etc.
Product
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The merchant is likely to be a warehouse and choose to cooperate with multiple online pharmacies.
Therefore, it is normal for the delivery area to be inconsistent.
It is difficult to guarantee the quality of such contact lenses.

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Multiple brands of cosmetic contact lenses use the same "National Machinery Zhuzhun" number.
On October 4, a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily logged into an e-commerce platform to search for "cosmetic contact lenses".
The detailed information of 9 of the top ten products sold They all show the same "National Machinery Zhuzhun" number (medical device registration certificate number), but there are 7 brands
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For these cosmetic contacts with a retail price of less than RMB 10, the platform shows that most of them have sold more than 100,000 units
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According to the platform of the State Food and Drug Administration, the "Guoqizhuzhun" number originated from an enterprise in Gansu.
Among the 7 brands mentioned above, the reporter of Beijing Youth Daily found that only 3 brands were registered by this Gansu enterprise.
Other brands It comes from companies in Shanghai and Hubei, among which the registered company in Hubei is still a trading company
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These merchants all claim that they are “manufacturers shipped”, but after inquiries by a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily, the company did not set up factories in other cities, and none of these US contact lenses were shipped from Gansu.
Most of them were from Shanghai, Jilin Changchun, Hangzhou and other places
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In addition, some netizens also reported that the ones they bought were clearly Caliph's cosmetic contact lenses, but the one they got was Melofi
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Not only that, the outer packaging of the cosmetic contact lenses it received was a cartoon carton with no information
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Only the two glass bottles (cosmetic contact packaging bottles) contained the cosmetic contact lenses .
It is understood that according to the "Regulations on the Administration of Medical Device Instructions and Labels", all medical devices sold and used within the territory of the People's Republic of China should be accompanied by instructions and labels in accordance with the requirements of these regulations.
No way to talk about it
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In addition, a reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily noted that some businesses with large sales of US contact lenses even indicate "multi-brand multi-manufacturer joint delivery" on the page
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When the reporter consulted the customer service as a customer, the other party listed seven or eight brands.
Regarding the specific brands that can be purchased, the customer service merely repeated the above statement.
The implication is that the users are not sure what brand of cosmetic contact lenses will buy
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The so-called "multi-brand, multi-manufacturer" cosmetic contact lenses in the store use the same "National Machinery Zhuzhun" number.

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Inferior quality lenses are prone to abrasion of the cornea and can cause irreversible eye damage.
According to industry insiders, because the lenses belong to the third category of medical devices, according to the "Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices", the production of lenses requires a medical device production license, and they are produced at the same time.
Cosmetic contact lenses also need to obtain a medical device registration certificate
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However, China’s strict supervision of medical devices is not only required in many aspects such as technology and production conditions, but the process of obtaining certification is relatively long.
Therefore, many merchants choose the foundry model and only need to obtain medical device operating licenses and then attach different brands to carry out.
Sales
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At present, there are multiple brand products using one medical device registration number for online cosmetic contact lenses.
Some may be fraudulent use, and some may be products of the above-mentioned foundry model
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Under this foundry model, quality control is prone to loopholes
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In the evaluation of the above-mentioned cosmetic contact lenses, some netizens said that the lens was slippery, sharpened, and unclear, and some netizens said that they were damaged when they were bought, and they “were tears when wearing them, so they couldn't wear them at all”
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At the beginning of this year, Shi Weiyun, a representative of the National People's Congress and president of Shandong Eye Hospital, said in an interview that the cornea of ​​a person is at risk of being infected when wearing contact lenses, and once the infection is irreversible
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He particularly emphasized that young people are not recommended to wear cosmetic lenses
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It is understood that high-quality color contact lenses should be able to effectively isolate pigments
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However, not all brands on the market are safe.
Some brands directly apply pigments on the lenses due to technical defects or to save costs, or the quality of the materials is not good enough to contain harmful substances
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If you wear such lenses, the cornea may be infected, there is a risk of turbidity, ulcers, etc.
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In addition, as contact lenses, cosmetic lenses also involve many standards such as oxygen permeability and comfort
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The curvature of the cornea of ​​each person's eye is different, which requires better elasticity and softness of the beauty contact lens
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If the quality is not up to standard, it is easy to wear the cornea.
In severe cases, it will cause corneal perforation and cause blindness
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Some ophthalmologists said that many consumers lacked understanding of cosmetic contact lenses, and the many and chaotic cosmetic contact brands caused information asymmetry, which caused many consumers to choose cosmetic contact lenses only based on colors and brands
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It is recommended that consumers choose large-brand cosmetic contact lenses in formal institutions and develop good usage habits
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There are currently 2,114 registered US contact lenses-related companies in China.
According to the company's information, there are 2114 registered US contact lenses related companies so far, and more than 70% of them were established in the past 3 years.
The first 8 months of this year are total 236 new ones were added
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It can be seen that most US contactor companies chose to enter the market after seeing the market boom in recent years
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Up to now, 16 investment and financing incidents have occurred in China's US Contact Track, mainly in Shanghai, Beijing and other places, and the total amount of financing disclosed exceeds 1.
25 billion yuan
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Among them, there were 7 cases in 2020 with the most disclosed financing amount exceeding 360 million yuan; 6 cases have occurred in the first 8 months of 2021, and the disclosed financing amount exceeded 880 million yuan
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According to some organizations, China's contact lens market will reach 11.
81 billion yuan this year
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