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11:50 Jan 30, 2004 

Hi ���ʦ��
Your "Intermediate Pharmaceutical Materials" may be more suitable for another commonly used word for raw drugs that is ҽҩ�м���, which is commonly translated as ��pharmaceutical intermediate��. As a chemical professor from Zhejiang University explained that there is no distinct distinction betweenҽҩ�м��� and ԭ��ҩ�� Some people even call all medical products from which finished drugs are prepared ҽҩ�м���. This question of mine is not for some particular project and has been long embedded in my mind for a long time. So it is just open for discussion.

02:37 Jan 30, 2004 

Hi, everybody, as the result of my discussion with a chemical professor, we tend to agree with Denyce��s opinion, which is more professional, but perhaps the ��active�� sometimes can be omitted. However, I have just found somebody translated it as ��Bulk pharmaceutical chemicals��. See the link http://www.google.com/search?q=BULK PHARMACEUTICAL &hl=zh-...|lang_zh-TW&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N, I am a little confused. There may not be a fixed English term for this word. And (active) pharmaceutical ingredient may not be strictly distinguished from pharmaceutical intermediate. Does anybody have further opinions?