The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 No 7334 p102
29 January 2005

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MHRA consults again on herbal medicines committee

Revised proposals on the setting up of a herbal medicines advisory committee have been made by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.

The MHRA first consulted on the possibility of establishing an advisory body on herbal medicines in February 2004 (PJ, 21 February 2004, p206). In the light of responses to that consultation the MHRA revised its plans. It now proposes that the committee will give advice directly to Government ministers and to the MHRA and that it will offer advice relating to the regulation of traditional herbal medicinal products and of unlicensed herbal medicines.

A spokeswoman for the MHRA said that the consultation document (MLX 318) will be published on the MHRA website (www.mhra.gov.uk) shortly. Comments should be made to the MHRA before 22 April.