China’s 2020 Pharmacopoeia Getting Early Launch

Nov. 28, 2016, 8:01 PM UTC

China is laying the foundation for the 2020 edition of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, a mammoth, multi-volume book that outlines and details standards for drugs—both Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)—approved for use in China.

A special commission of the China Food and Drug Administration recently released a draft version of the Compilation Plan of Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2020, saying it will take public comments until Dec. 1.

The revision comes less than a year after China unveiled the previous version of the document, which normally is updated every five years. ...

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