What is the meaning of the approval number

Quasi-number is a pharmaceutical production units in the production of new drugs before the State Food and Drug Administration strict approval, the production of drugs approved by the number, equivalent to the human identity card. Its format is: State Drug Permit + 1 letter + 8 digits, of which the chemical drugs use the letter "H", Chinese medicine use the letter "Z" and so on. Only with this approval number, the drug can be produced and sold.

In the current Drug Administration Law, the production of drugs "needs to be approved by the State Council Drug Administration and issued a drug approval number".

The Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China Article 2 The standards (including standard samples) referred to in this law refer to the technical requirements that need to be harmonized in the fields of agriculture, industry, services and social undertakings. Standards include national standards, industry standards, local standards and group standards, enterprise standards. National standards are divided into mandatory standards, recommended standards, industry standards, local standards are recommended standards. Mandatory standards must be implemented. The state encourages the use of recommended standards.