Natural Pharmacia International (NPI) Inc develops botanical drugs and herbal supplements based on Tradtional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The firm was established in 1991 by Dr. David Y. Lee, a Professor at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Natural Products Lab at Harvard Mclean Hospital, and well known player in the field. With TCM practiced for thousands of years, NPI is structured around culling through the wisdom of TCM, validating and further developing selected gems with modern technology and methodology with the objective being to achieve FDA approved botanical drugs. Arobust pipeline of TCM-based botanical drugs are already in clinical trials. NPI also leverages its first-class discovery and development capabilities to identify and develop the bioactive single-molecules responsible for the therapeutic effects of certain herbs.AThe firm is already marke ing certain herbal products, with safety and efficacy in mind, as functional dietary supplements. The
