Registration status of traditional medicine (1992 – September, 1997)
|
Type / Product Origin |
No. of Applications Received |
No. of Products Approved |
|
Malay |
2,087 (12.87%) |
461 (12.38%) |
|
Chinese |
11,034 (68.06%) |
2,584 (69.37%) |
|
Indian |
532 (3.29%) |
113 (3.03%) |
|
Western / Supplements |
1903 (11.75%) |
558 (14.98%) |
|
Homeopathy |
654 (4.03%) |
9 (0.24%) |
|
TOTAL |
16,210 |
3,725 |
(Applications for product registration submitted to the National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau or NPCB)
Source: http://www.bpfk.org/html/madrac/arcive_issues_july1999.htm