Will the europe union's traditional herbal medicinal products directive (Directive 2004/24/EC) be against traditional chinese medicine in eu market?

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 104-108

  Xu, Juncai ^a   Liu, Min ^a   Xia, Zhijie ^b  

^a Shanghai Clinical Research Center   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EU 2004 24 EC directive; Tcm future in EU market; Traditional chinese medicine (TCM)

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SODIUM; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOMEDICINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINESE MEDICINE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STORAGE; EUROPEAN UNION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEVER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LICENCE; LIFE THREAT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EU 2004/24/EC DIRECTIVE; TCM FUTURE IN EU MARKET; TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE (TCM);

DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EUROPEAN UNION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRODUCT LABELING;

EID: 84884359898     PISSN: 17565383     EISSN: 17565391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jebm.12036     Document Type: Article

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