Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 302)
The Philippine Pharmacopeia (PP) 1st edition April 2004 and any supplement thereto is declared and adopted as the official book of standards and references for the determination of the identity, purity, and quality of pharmaceutical products and crude plant drugs in the Philippines.
It cites Article II, Section 15 of the 1987 Constitution on the State's policy to protect and promote the right to health, and Article XIII, Section 12, requiring the State to establish an effective food and drug regulatory system and undertake health manpower development and research responsive to the country's health needs.
The primary purpose is to establish standards for pharmaceutical products and crude drugs in commerce in the Philippines to support an effective regulatory and health care delivery system that fulfills constitutional mandates.
References may be made to the latest editions of the United States Pharmacopeia/National Formulary (USP/NF), Japanese Pharmacopeia (JP), British Pharmacopeia (BP), European Pharmacopeia (EP), International Pharmacopeia (IP), and other recognized books of standards and references adopted by the Bureau of Food and Drugs.
The Bureau of Food and Drugs has the authority to recognize and adopt other books of standards and references from time to time.
All orders, issuances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are repealed or modified accordingly.
It took effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
The Philippine Pharmacopeia establishes standards and references for the determination of the identity, purity, and quality of the products.
Article XIII, Section 12 of the 1987 Constitution mandates the State to establish and maintain an effective food and drug regulatory system responsive to the country's health needs and problems.