The global botanical medicines and supplements sector is a fragile one, and one whose fragility is being amplified by a small number of – let’s not beat about the sea buckthorn bush – dodgy players.
The completion this week of the seven-year window for over-the-counter botanical products to comply with the 2004 Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive (THMPD) has only raised anxiety in the UK for the 1000s of products that haven’t as yet achieved...
The UK's Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has upheld complaints
over claims made in advertisments for the services in a traditional
Chinese medicine clinic - the third such adjudication in recent
months.
