date:Aug 29, 2012
onsider whether the prevailing approach was suitable for herbals.
A recent EC discussion document has proposed two options: Sticking with the existing system that favours human intervention studies which many botanicals dont possess; or adopting a system that gives more weight to tradition-of-use data.
Such traditional use backing is given more credence under the EU Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive (THMPD) which some see as nonsensical in that the scientific criteria is more st