Ra 3720 definitions
Immediate container
does not include package liners.
Cosmetics
for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance, and (2) articles intended for use as a component of any such articles.
New drugs
(1) any drug the composition of which is such that said drug is not generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety of drugs (as safe for use under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling thereof.)
Food
articles used for food or drink for man, chewing gum, and articles used for components of any such
Batch number
A designation printed on the label of a drug or device that identifies the batch and permits the production history of the batch including all stages of manufacture and control, to be traced and reviewed
Containing new fixed combination of drug either by molecular or physical combination Containing newly discovered active ingredient Intended for new indications In a new mode of administration In an additional dosage or strength of dosage
A drug is considered new when it is...?
Batch
A quantity of drug and device produced at a given cycle of manufacture
New Veterinary drugs
Drugs intended for use in animals including any drug intended for use in animal feeds
Expiry or expiration date
Means the date stated in the label of a drug or device after which the drug is expected to retain its claimed safety, quality and efficacy or potency or after which it is not permissible to sell
Distribute
Means the delivery or sale of drug or device for purposes of distribution in commerce
Import
Means to bring into the phils by sea, land or air
Export
Means to bring out of the phils by sea, land or air
Label
a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any article and a requirement made by or under authority of 3720
New drugs
any drug the composition of which is such that said drug, as a result of investigations to determine its safety for use under such conditions, has become so recognized, but which has not, otherwise than in such investigations, been used to a material extent or for a material time under such conditions.
Drug
articles (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or animals; and
Drug
articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals
Cosmetics
articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body or any part thereof
Drug
articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them
Labelling
means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter (1) upon any article or any of its containers or wrappers, or (2) accompanying such article.
Device
means instruments, apparatus, or contrivances, including their components, parts, and accessories, intended (1) for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or animals; or (2) to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or animals.