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DRUG REGISTRATION GUIDANCE DOCUMENT (DRGD) - BPFK

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Drug Registration Guidance Document (<strong>DRGD</strong>)The Authority: Refers to Drug Control Authority (DCA)The System: Refers to QUEST system in website of NPCBGlossary for Homeopathic Products:Active substance: Active substances are considered to be source materials processedby one or a sequence of homeopathic manufacturing procedures listed inpharmacopoeias in official use and other officially recognized documents (e.g. mothertinctures, dilutions or triturations).Diluent: Substance used for the preparation of a stock/ starting material or thepotentisation process and which may also represent the substance of the dosage form.Liquid diluents usually consist of purified water, aqueous solution, glycerol or ethanol ofa suitable concentration or for which there is an appropriate monograph. Thecommonest solid diluent is usually lactose monohydrate.Dilution: Dilution has two meanings in homeopathy:For a product, a dilution is a liquid homeopathic preparation which is potentised asdescribed below (see the definition of potentisation). Individual dilutions are alsocalled potencies;As a procedure, dilution means the de-concentration process of a liquid or a solidpreparation. One part of each stage in the preparation of a homeopathic medicinefrom its stock or previous dilution (potency) by adding one part of a previous solid orliquid phase to a predetermined weight or volume of the diluent (see Potentisationbelow). Dilution occurs at all stages of production of the homeopathic medicineswhether by addition of solid excipient in trituration or the addition of diluent in theliquid phase and succussion.Dosage form: a dosage form in homeopathy complies with any relevant specificationsfor that dosage form for which an appropriate characterization exists in apharmacopoeia in official use, or in other officially recognized documents. The mostcommonly encountered homeopathic dosage form, the globule (pillule or pellet), is asolid spherule which consists of lactose, sucrose or any other suitable vehicle. Usually,preformed globules are impregnated with a dilution or directly by a mother tincture. Thehomeopathic dosage form tablet is a solid preparation which complies with any relevantNational Pharmaceutical Control BureauFirst Edition, January 201313

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