• The Journal of Korean Medicine Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and Dermatology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.182-187
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• 2000

Current status and quality administration of botanical products in America which has one of the biggest market need to be analyzed for the internationalization of oriental medicine. In this study, current status of botanical products as dietary supplements was analyzed and quality adminstration by United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary(USP-NF) was compared with The Korea Pharmacopoeia and botanical drug standard collection(KP), Even though the number of botanical products in USP-NF is small, it is rapidly increasing and more detailed compared with KP. Especially, reference standard compound should be determined for each botanical drugs, and more detailed standard for other items should be established in KP considering international trends. Though the history of botanical drugs in America is short, its annual market is about 3.2 billion dollar, so American administration system should be examined carefully for the internationalization of oriental medicine and related industry.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Oriental Medical Informatics
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.1-13
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• 2007

Korean medicine industry general means all industry activities related to Korean medicine. It covers material resources such as herbs and products made herbs, medical instruments, Korean medical servics and related information service based on Korean medicine theories. Also according to industrial strategy, Korean medicine industry was to define and branch. The industrial strategy of Korean medicine industry was based on kowledge, high-end, intensive techology, and global denand. By the industrial strategy of Korean Medicine industry, a study on the optimal industry construction of Korean medicine industry was standardizaition in the basic research and promoted bouds, efficiency in the group industrial, detention of global fund and global technology, and intenational division of product process. It is the optimal industry construction of Korean medicine industry by the industrial strategy of Korean medicine industry. At once adjustment to the optimal industry construction of Korean medicine industry by the industrial strategy of Korean medicine industry was internationalization in the positive adjustment.