Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Archives

Licensing traditional Chinese medicines

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Andrew Gallagher

For a long time, traditional herbal medicines were available throughout Europe without any proper quality control and regulation. Concerns about patient safety lead to the publication of the Traditional Herbal Medicinal and Herbal Products directive in 2004 which came into force in 2011. This means that no herbal remedy medicine can be legally sold throughout the EU unless it has […]

From Insulin to Ginseng: Treating China’s diabetes time-bomb

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Adam Ramsay

Walk down Shanghai’s bustling Nanjing Road, the Chinese metropolis’s Oxford Street, and something is clear: the country’s near 1.4 billion people are older, wealthier and larger than they used to be. As waste-bands widen and deeper pockets fund more lavish lifestyles, the country is facing a boom in numbers of patients with chronic illness – […]