European Union implements the new rule to make traditional Chinese medicine limited

European Union implements the new rule to make traditional Chinese medicine limited
European Union " traditional plant medicine order " implements in an all-round way from May 1, this means " high threshold " Under can't sell and use medicines traditional Chinese medicine through registering at European Union market. So, European Union implements this new rule to undoubtedly make traditional Chinese medicine limited seriously on the European market.
The press Communique that EU Committee released a few days ago claims, " traditional plant medicine order " aimed at offering one set for traditional plant medicine including Chinese herbal medicine simple and easily and registering the procedure, different from the registered method of chemical medicines.
European Union " traditional plant medicine order " that came into force on April 30, 2004 requires traditional plant medicine including traditional Chinese medicine to apply for the registration to the responsible institution of member state, could continue selling and using on European Union market as medicines after examine and approve and agree to only.
In order to let the plant medicine trade finish registering, the new order provides the transition period of 7. That is to say, in the transition period of 7 years of April 30, 2011, traditional plant medicine can still be sold and used, but must finish registering as soon as possible, otherwise have no chance with European Union medicines market from May 1.
Spokesmans responsible for medical affairs of the hygiene of EU Committee Frederick and Vincent say, according to incomplete statistics, transition pass the intersection of plant and medicine that register smoothly during this period in 350 kind about, but no traditional Chinese medicine is passed, registered.
Industry personage says, too high registration " threshold " It is difficult to pass the main reason registered to become traditional Chinese medicine. European Union is healthy in order to be not tenable from implementing " traditional plant medicine order " in order to protect the public, it is a kind of trade protectionism behavior; And it is unreasonable to treat totally different traditional Chinese medicine in a manner to treat Western medicine.
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