Should herbal medicine-like products be licensed as medicines
- 22 April 1995
- Vol. 310 (6986), 1023-1024
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.310.6986.1023
Abstract
Many medicine-like products on the British herbal market remain unregistered for two reasons: acceptable data on efficacy, safety, and quality may not be available, and the licensing fee is high. Diluting requirements for registration would introduce double standards, which would be highly controversial. On the one hand, a single regimen for medicinal products offers undeniable advantages including equal treatment for all kinds of remedies and …Keywords
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