How to apply for the approval number of ancestral Chinese medicine secret recipe

Patent application and drug approval number are two concepts. The approval number needs to be approved and issued by the State Administration of Medical Supplies, and the patent needs to be applied to the Patent Office. So you can apply for a patent for your ancestral secret recipe whether it has a document number or not. After the patent application is completed, it will take a long time to go to the State Administration of Medical Supplies for approval. It takes about 1-2 years from patent application to drug approval number.