Figure 1.

Structure of the GP-TCM Consortium. GP-TCM work package interaction and relationship: GP-TCM has ten interactive working groups, known as work packages (WP). WP1-WP7 specialises in quality control, component extraction and chemical analysis, toxicology, in vitro and in vivo pharmacology, clinical studies and regulatory issues in commercial R&D respectively. WP8 is specialised in acupuncture studies and WP9 is dedicated to organising the Final conference of the consortium, at which a new European society will be launched to succeed the mission of the consortium. WP10 is the managing, coordinating and leading body of the whole consortium, aiming at integrating the expertise and collating outputs of all WPs to achieve the overall objectives of the consortium.