USP drafting "priority list" of botanicals as initial step in monograph process.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
USP "PRIORITY LIST" OF 10 TO 15 BOTANICALS FOR DRAFT MONOGRAPHS will be developed as an initial step in determining the feasibility of issuing botanical monographs, United States Pharmacopoeia Exec VP Jerome Halperin indicated at a July 9 session of a USP open conference held in Washington, D.C. The conference addressed standards and information issues concerning botanicals for medical and dietary uses.