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 The Seventeenth edition of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP17) was partially 
revised as follows:  
  
1. To amend 3 articles under the section of General Notices (List1) 
 
2. To establish 1 article under the section of General Rules of Preparations (List 2) 
 
3. To amend 1 article under the section of General Rules of Preparations (List 3) 
 
4. To establish 4 test methods under the section of General Tests, Processes and 
Apparatus (List 4) 
 
5. To amend 3 test methods under the section of General Tests, Processes and 
Apparatus (List 5) 
 
6. To establish 34 monographs under the section of Official Monographs (List 6) 
 
7. To amend 77 monographs under the section of Official Monographs (List 7) 
 
8. To delete 3 monographs under the section of Official Monographs (List 8) 
 
9. To establish 7 spectra under the section of Ultraviolet-visible Reference Spectra 
(List 9) 
 
10. To establish 9 spectra under the section of Infrared Reference Spectra (List 10) 
 
11. To establish 4 paragraphs under the section of General Information (List 11) 
 
12. To amend 6 paragraphs under the section of General Information (List 12) 
 
13. To delete 3 paragraphs under the section of General Information (List 13) 
 
 
 
 
  The names of articles in English may change through the process of official English 
translation of JP17-2. 
 Refer the link below for details. 
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/0000066530.html 
 
 
List 1 Following articles of General Notices of JP17 
5，13，46 
 
List 2  
[3] Monographs for Preparations 
3．1．4.  Liposome Injections 
 
List 3  Following articles of General Rules of Preparations of JP17 
[3] Monographs for Preparations 
3．1． Injections 
 
List 4 
(1) 2.26  Raman Spectroscopy (2) 2.66 Elemental Impurities - 
Procedures 
(3) 6.16  Rheological Measurements 
for Semi-solid Preparations (4) 6.17 Insoluble Particulate Matter Test 
for Therapeutic Protein Injections 
 
List 5  Following the methods of General Tests, Process and Apparatus of JP17 
(1) 2.01  Liquid Chromatography (2) 2.46  Residual Solvents 
(3) 2.51 Conductivity Measurement   
 
List 6  
(1) Irinotecan Hydrochloride Hydrate (2) Ethylcellulose 
(3) Gatifloxacin Hydrate (4) Gatifloxacin Ophthalmic Solution 
(5) Clarithromycin for Syrup (6) Gentamicin Sulfate Injection 
(7) Gentamicin Sulfate Ointment (8) Diclofenac Sodium Suppositories 
(9) Sitagliptin Phosphate Hydrate (10) Sitagliptin Phosphate Tablets 
(11) Cefalotin Sodium for Injection (12) Cefixime Fine Granules 
(13) Telmisartan and Hydrochlorothiazide (14) Doripenem Hydrate Tablets 
(15) Doripenem for Injection (16) Nortriptyline Hydrochloride Tablets 
(17) Valsartan and Hydrochlorothiazide 
Tablets (18) Sodium Valproate Extended-release 
Tablets A 
(19) Sodium Valproate Extended-release 
Tablets B (20) Hydroxyethylcellulose 
(21) Felodipine (22) Felodipine Tablets 
(23) Bromfenac Sodium Hydrate (24) Bromfenac Sodium Ophthalmic 
Solution 
(25) Verapamil Hydrochloride Injection (26) Polaprezinc 
(27) Polaprezinc Granules (28) Minocycline Hydrochloride Granules 
(29) Lanoconazole (30) Lanoconazole Cutaneous Solution 
(31) Lanoconazole Ointment (32) Lanoconazole Cream 
(33) Ritodrine Hydrochloride Injection (34) Goshuyuto Extract 
 
List 7  Following monographs of Official Monographs of JP17 
(1) Amphotericin B Tablets (2) Isomalt Hydrate 
(3) Imipramine Hydrochloride (4) Imipramine Hydrochloride Tablets 
(5) Ursodeoxycholic Acid (6) Estriol 
(7) Etizolam (8) Epirubicin Hydrochloride 
(9) Cloperastine Hydrochloride (10) Chloramphenicol 
(11) Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride (12) Light Anhydrous Silicic Acid 
(13) Cholesterol (14) Saccharin 
(15) Saccharin Sodium Hydrate (16) Microcrystalline Cellulose 
(17) Tipepidine Hibenzate Tablets (18) Teicoplanin 
(19) Testosterone Enanthate (20) Dehydrocholic Acid 
(21) Purified Dehydrocholic Acid (22) Triamcinolone Acetonide 
(23) Haloperidol (24) Pioglitazone Hydrochloride and 
Glimepiride Tablets 
(25) Hydroxypropylcellulose (26) Hydrocortisone 
(27) Hydrocortisone Acetate (28) Hydrocortisone and Diphenhydramine 
Ointment 
(29) Hypromellose (30) Sodium Fusidate 
(31) Beclometasone Dipropionate (32) Betamethasone Dipropionate 
(33) Mestranol (34) Methylcellulose 
(35) Methylprednisolone (36) Anhydrous Dibasic Calcium 
Phosphate (37) Artemisia Capillaris Flower (38) Otsujito Extract 
(39) Polygala Root (40) Powdered Polygala Root 
(41) Kakkontokasenkyushin'i Extract (42) Kamikihito Extract 
(43) Kamishoyosan Extract (44) Glycyrrhiza Extract 
(45) Crude Glycyrrhiza Extract (46) Platycodon Root 
(47) Powdered Platycodon Root (48) Platycodon Fluidextract 
(49) Chrysanthemum Flower (50) Bitter Tincture 
(51) Cassia Seed (52) Safflower 
(53) Oriental Bezoar (54) Calumba 
(55) Powdered Calumba (56) Lycium Bark 
(57) Lithospermum Root (58) Juzentaihoto Extract 
(59) Amomum Seed (60) Toad Cake 
(61) Swertia Herb (62) Powdered Swertia Herb 
(63) Swertia and Sodium Bicarbonate 
Powder (64) Gastrodia Tuber 
(65) Japanese Angelica Root (66) Powdered Japanese Angelica Root 
(67) Tokishakuyakusan Extract (68) Belladonna Root 
(69) Sinomenium Stem and Rhizome (70) Boiogito Extract 
(71) Saposhnikovia Root and Rhizome (72) Bofutsushosan Extract 
(73) Hochuekkito Extract (74) Nux Vomica 
(75) Eucalyptus Oil (76) Yokukansan Extract 
(77) Scopolia Rhizome   
 
List 8  Following monographs of Official Monographs of JP17 
(1) Freeze-dried Tetanus Antitoxin, Equine (2) Adsorbed Habu-venom Toxoid 
(3) Compound Vitamin B Powder   
 
List 9  
(1) Irinotecan Hydrochloride Hydrate (2) Gatifloxacin Hydrate 
(3) Sitagliptin Phosphate Hydrate (4) Doripenem Hydrate 
(5) Felodipine (6) Bromfenac Sodium Hydrate 
(7) Lanoconazole   
 
List 10  
(1) Irinotecan Hydrochloride Hydrate (2) Ethylcellulose 
(3) Gatifloxacin Hydrate (4) Sitagliptin Phosphate Hydrate 
(5) Doripenem Hydrate (6) Felodipine (7) Bromfenac Sodium Hydrate (8) Polaprezinc 
(9) Lanoconazole   
 
List 11 
(1) Control of Elemental Impurities in Drug 
Products (2) Host Cell Protein Analysis 
(3) Concept on Impurities in Chemically 
synthesized Drug Substances and 
Drug Products (4) Glossary for Quality by Design(QbD), 
Quality Risk Management(QRM) and 
Pharmaceutical Quality System(PQS) 
 
List 12  Following paragraphs of General Information of JP17 
(1) Total Protein Assay (2) Purity Tests on Crude Drugs using 
Genetic Information 
(3) On the Scientific Names of Crude 
Drugs listed in the JP (4) Quality Control of Water for 
Pharmaceutical Use 
(5) Basic Concepts for Quality Assurance 
of Drug Substances and Drug 
Products (6) International Harmonization 
Implemented in the Japanese 
Pharmacopoeia Seventeenth Edition 
 
List 13 
(1) Parametric Release of Terminally 
Sterilized Pharmaceutical Products (2) Media Fill Test (Process Simulation) 
(3) Microbiological Environmental 
Monitoring Methods of Processing 
Areas for Sterile Pharmaceutical 
Products   
 