Status, Opportunities and Challenges for the Regulation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in Canada
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4246.2009.01.039
- VernacularTitle:加拿大的中药监管及面临的机遇和挑战
- Author:
Libin ZHAO
;
Jian BAI
;
Yonghong ZHU
;
Zhixin GUO
;
He SUN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Canada;
Natural Health Products Regulations
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2009;31(1):68-70
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
It has been 4 years since Natural Health Products Regulations(NHPRs)was enforced by Health Canada in January of 2004.In the past time,how will it affect the marketed Traditional Chinese Medicines(TCM) in Canadian market? Recently,The two TCM products Carditionic Pill (Fufang Danshen Diwan)and Chaihu Pill from Tasly have been newly certificated by Health Canada recently.Taking them as examples,this article introduces the current status.opportunities and challenges for the regulation of TCM in Canada.and suggests that the domestic TCM corporations push the product registration as soon as possible.