Does the national drug approval number B not differentiate between OTC and prescription drugs?

Points.

The "National Drug Approval Number" is a drug production approval number obtained by a drug production unit after strict review and approval by the State Food and Drug Administration before producing a new drug. It is equivalent to a person's ID card. The format is: national drug approval character + 1 letter + 8 digits, among which the letter used for chemical drugs is "H", the letter used for traditional Chinese medicine is "Z", etc. Only with this approval number can drugs be produced and sold.

Prescription drugs are drugs that can be prepared, purchased and used only with the prescription of a licensed physician or licensed assistant physician; over-the-counter drugs are drugs that can be judged, purchased and used by oneself without a physician's prescription. According to consumers' rights to obtain and use drugs, drugs are divided into prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs internationally.

Extended information

1. The format of the drug approval number: the Chinese drug approval number + 1 letter + 8 digits, the trial production drug approval number format: the Chinese drug approval number + 1 digit Letters + 8 digits.

2. Each specification of each drug will be issued an approval number. Except for the entrusted production and off-site processing of drugs approved by the State Food and Drug Administration, different manufacturers of the same drug will issue different drug approval numbers.

3. New drugs, generic drugs approved for production after January 1, 2002, and drugs upgraded to national standards through local standard rectification or re-evaluation will all use the new drug approval number format.

4. For the "Import Drug Registration Certificate" for chemicals approved and issued after January 1, 2002, the format of the registration number has also been partially changed, in which the letter "X" has been changed to "H" , other parts remain unchanged. The registration certificate number in the old format that has been issued will be replaced by the new format when the "Imported Drug Registration Certificate" is renewed.

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