The is the official
pharmacopoeia
A pharmacopoeia, pharmacopeia, or pharmacopoea (or the typographically obsolete rendering, ''pharmacopœia''), meaning "drug-making", in its modern technical sense, is a reference work containing directions for the identification of compound med ...
of
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. It is published by the . The first edition was published on 25 June 1886, with revisions being issued from time to time. The current revision is number 18, issued electronically on 7 June 2021. An official English translation is in preparation (status: 06 Aug 2021).
See also
* ''
The International Pharmacopoeia
''The International Pharmacopoeia'' (''Pharmacopoeia Internationalis'', or ''Ph. Int.'') is a pharmacopoeia issued by the World Health Organization as a recommendation, with the aim to provide international quality specifications for pharmaceuti ...
''
*
Japanese Accepted Name
A (JAN) is the official non-proprietary or generic name given to a pharmaceutical substance by the Government of Japan.
See also
* International Nonproprietary Name (INN)
* United States Adopted Name (USAN)
* British Approved Name (BAN)
* ...
References
Pharmacopoeias
Pharmacy in Japan
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