The teleconference focused on “Work package (WP) summaries for the last 3 months” and took place on 29th January 2010. Meeting attendees included CO members, Literature Review Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Panel Co-Chairs and WP Coordinators/Representatives. WP Representatives introduced their WP progress, highlighted issues that they have encountered during October 2009 – January 2010, summarised their future plans and answered questions from meeting attendees. Other issues discussed during the teleconference included quality control for consortium deliverable reports, update on the GP-TCM website, plans for the 4th MSM and the proposed GP-TCM Special Issue targeting Journal of Ethnopharmacology.