Table 1.

Variables and inclusion criteria in the documentary analysis.

Variables	Inclusion criteria
Country/region	United States, European Union, and China
Language	English or Chinese
Main content	Regulatory guidelines, proposals, or reports of initiatives/promotion actions and media reports
Scope of documentation	Medicines, biologics, advanced therapy medicinal products, herbal medicine/traditional Chinese medicine, and medical devices for human use
Issuing time	Documents released between 2010 (January) and 2021(March)