The first Chinese herbal medicine product won the British official approval 
 
 
09:35 March 4, 2015 
 
 
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    In Britain, the daily mail reported innovative biomedical products enterprise "for novartis" (Phynova) announced that its

    PhynovaJointandMuscleReliefTablets (novartis reduce joint muscle pain) to become the first UK medicines and health products (MHRA) official approval sale of traditional Chinese medicine products, the drug is expected to go on sale in April.
 
    The information about that novartis is not much. Query all novartis's official website, according to who, finishing in 2002, is located in Oxford University science park, is committed to research and development of plant medicine, business expanded health care for the consumer and the food industry.
 
    Data shows, the British prime minister Cameron's visit to China in 2013, British business delegation to follow-up 132 home have all novartis. According to the China pharmaceutical biotechnology (17.03, 0.32, 1.92%), 2009, 4 reported, all novartis has worked with tasly (44.33, 0.54, 1.20%) the tasly group, modern traditional Chinese medicine resources has signed a cooperation agreement.
 
    All novartis reduce joint muscle pain, the active ingredient for glandularstalk st.paulswortherb/common st.paulswort, which in China is called "pig cream grass" of plants, and bitter cold, mainly used in clinical treatment including rheumatoid arthritis pain.
 
    "Now, the British can also benefit from the high quality and standard of Chinese herbal medicine." All novartis chief executive Robert miller (RobertMiller), said he felt very proud, but "it depends on many Chinese colleagues credit". At the same time, the company is planning to apply for the second case the traditional proprietary Chinese medicine products, the product is used in the treatment of colds and flu.
 
    Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the UK the bumpy road
 
    Quality of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) because of security issues in the UK have repeatedly been warned and banned. Promulgated in 2004, the European Union directive in traditional plant medicine registration procedure, the personage inside course of study this instruction to call 2004/24 ec directive. Directive rules, if drug companies can provide at least 30 years before the date of filing of medical history, including the use of at least 15 years history in the European region, through the simple formally registered as a drug after can land on the eu market.
 
    Britain from eu rules came into force in 2011, proprietary Chinese medicine products must get registration license, no registration license of proprietary Chinese medicine inventory pin out, after the shelf life can't be restocked. In 2013, the British drug and health care administration announced that in order to further help people buy and use safety of herbal products, since April 30, 2014 will be fully lock-up unregistered herbal products.
 
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    Many herbal products in order to obtain authorization, spent millions to justify the cost of its content security. But so far, the only approved herbal products only every novartis reduce joint muscle pain.
 
    According to ipsos Murray survey (MORIIpsos), according to data in the past two years, at least six million britons consulted a western style or traditional Chinese herbal medicine. This also shows that the traditional herbal medicine in the UK market. In recent years, Chinese herbal medicine product almost disappeared in the eu, so many people are turning to the Internet to buy unlicensed products, but it also means that drug safety cannot be guaranteed.
 
    For our novartis products, domestic also have different voice. Western herbalists Dr Chris Mr Voser richie (ChrisEtheridge) think this is a good news. "Glandularstalk st.paulswortherb/common st.paulswort grass is not commonly used in western medicine, it is who isn't willing to take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to fight the muscle and joint pain of patients provides a new alternative."
 
    And in European herbal and traditional medicine practitioners association chairman Michael megan too, (MichaelMcIntyre), Chinese herbal medicine is almost impossible to meet the eu's conditions. He warned that this new product proved to execute commands the eu the difficulty of Chinese herbal medicine products to the public security.
 
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