Improving the drug quality in china via the development of the standard system of pharmaceutical exicipent of the 2015 Edition of Chinese pharmacopeia
- Author:
Hui-Min SUN
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Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: 2015 edition of Chinese pharmacopoeia; Drug safety; Excipients for injection; Pharmaceutical excipient
- From: Chinese Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;50(15):1353-1358
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: Pharmaceutical excipients are important ingredients of drugs, and the quality of it directly related to the safety of drug. Compared to the 2010 edition, one of the most significant improvement of the 2015 edition of Chinese pharmacopoeia is the monographs of pharmaceutical excipients will be available in an individual book (Chinese Pharmacopoeia Book IV). And also, some new features will be found in the new edition: the doubled varieties of chronicled pharmaceutical excipients, the application of new techniques, the strict standards of the excipients for injection, the establishment of functionality-related characteristics. This article will interpret the developing trend of the standards of pharmaceutical excipients and the effect of the trend on the entire pharmaceutical industry in the future via the improvement of Chinese Pharmacopoeia.
