Traditional medicines draft paper
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The comment period for a draft paper on a new model for regulating traditional medicines in the U.S. has been extended to June 30, the American Herbal Products Association announces March 29. The draft document, "A Proposed Regulatory Model for Traditional Medicines: Guiding Assumptions & Key Components," was released by the Traditional Medicines Congress in November (1"The Tan Sheet" Dec. 5, 2005, In Brief). Despite the 70 comments already received, an extension was requested by several stakeholders, AHPA says. The group also is clarifying certain "areas of confusion": the TM Congress is not suggesting that herbs marketed as supplements under DSHEA be required to be sold as traditional medicines and is not aiming to influence the practice of medicine under any therapeutic discipline...