Japanese labeling standard

Taken from Japanese Care Label Standard. 

In studies of methoxypyrazines, a stable isotope labeled internal standard has not always been used. Calo et al. (6) used 5ec-butylmethoxypyrazine as an internal standard to quantify isobutylmethoxypyrazine in a comparison of grape varieties. Recently, Hashizume and Umeda have used 2-methyl-3-Ai-propylpyrazine as an internal standard to quantify methoxypyiazines in Japanese red wine and grape samples (7). However, the increased potential for lack of precision and accuracy needs to be recognized, and the natural occurrence of 5gc-butylmethoxypyrazine is a drawback to its use as an internal standard. 

As can be seen, the structure of a Japanese drug label is a standard format that would also be familiar to physicians in Europe or North America. 

In the Japanese accreditation scheme, either domestic or foreign bodies, which have been pre-registered with the MAFF, provide accreditation to producers, processors, re-packers and importers who are to handle accredited organic products. Those accredited inspect the would-be organic products and issue the label JAS organic and then, allow it to be sent to the market if the products meet accredited standards. Thus, the scheme traces all the processes from producers to consumers and ensures that the products be organically produced, processed, and packed. 

The biodegradability of the Bionolle family is certified according to the following standards GreenPla , the label of the Japanese Bioplastic Association, European Norms (EN) 13432, DIN CERTCO (Compostable) and Vingotte (OK Compost). 

Drug-food interactions In an open label randomised three way cross-over study in 11 healthy FHV negative Japanese subjects in fasting conditions, tire mean AUC of elvitegravir and TDF decreased by 50% and 28% respectively when compared with administration witii a standard breakfast. There was no difference seen when comparing administration with a standard breakfast to administration with a protein rich drink. Cobicistat and FTC were bioequivalent in all three circumstances. The autiiors suggest that this combination should therefore be administered with food [140 ]. 

The third transfer advantage of NMT and GSM is their non-proprietary status. Although GSM equipment manufacturers had to pay license fees ", GSM is less proprietary than other standards, which could have played a role in the decision of non-European countries to adopt GSM against the proprietary and clear nation labelled US and Japanese standards. Non-proprietary standards secured that several telecommunications equipment producers would offer GSM equipment competitively. Operators would not have to rely on one supplier only. It became common within the GSM-services for network operators to procure their infrastructure... 

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