News from the EMEA Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products Dr. Barbara Steinhoff Bundesverband der Arzneimittel-Hersteller e.V. (BAH), Bonn (Germany) The Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC) met for the 13th, 14th and 15th time at the EMEA offices on 7 September 2006, 25−26 October 2006 and 11 January 2007, respectively, under the chairmanship of Dr. Konstantin Keller, Germany. In these meetings, new and alternate members to the Committee were welcomed, e.g. those representing Bulgaria and Romania as new Member States of the European Union. In the HMPC’s working parties and subgroups a lot of new guidance documents were discussed. The respective drafts released for public consultation as well as the finalised documents can be found on the EMEA website (www.emea.europa.eu). Some important new documents, which might be of particular interest for the herbal industry, will be discussed in the following. |
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