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