date:Aug 22, 2012
ortance on tradition-of-use of data to demonstrate their efficacy.
There was also the issue of foods versus botanical medicines, with many herbal supplements registering health indications with tradition-of-use data under the EU Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive (THMPD) that kicked into life last year and saw 751 products registered across the bloc by the end of 2011.
Indeed THMPD-registered products must state they are,for use in specified indications exclusively based upon long