News from the EMA Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products

Rubrik: europharm

(Treffer aus pharmind, Nr. 11, Seite 1000 (2023))

Steinhoff B

News from the EMA Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products / Steinhoff • HMPC · Steinhoff B · Bundesverband der Arzneimittel-Hersteller e. V. (BAH), Bonn
The Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC) held the 108 th , 109 th and 110 th meeting on 21–23 Nov 2022 as well as on 23–25 Jan and 13–15 Mar 2023, respectively. In the January meeting, the HMPC re-elected Dr. Emiel van Galen from the Medicines Evaluation Board (NL) as HMPC Chair for a second 3-year mandate starting 02 Mar 2023 and in the March meeting Dr. Karin Erika Svedlund from the Swedish Medical Products Agency (Läkemedelsverket) as HMPC Vice-chair for a second 3-year mandate starting 05 May 2023. Information about some documents which might be of particular interest for the herbal industry will be presented in the following. All relevant information on ...

Stability testing during life cycle of herbal medicinal products

Rubrik: GMP / GLP / GCP

(Treffer aus pharmind, Nr. 06, Seite 554 (2023))

Hösel K | Dittrich H | Steinhoff B

Stability testing during life cycle of herbal medicinal products / Example herbal teas and instant herbal teas · Hösel K¹, Dittrich H², Steinhoff B³ · ¹Bombastus-Werke AG, Freital und ²Bad Heilbrunner Naturheilmittel GmbH & Co. KG, Bad Heilbrunn und ³Bundesverband der Arzneimittel-Hersteller e. V. (BAH), Bonn
The existing European guidelines on stability testing, in particular the Guideline on Stability Testing (CPMP/QWP/122/02, rev 1 corr) [ 1 ] originally established for chemically defined active substances and medicinal products, cover also herbal medicinal products. Due to their natural origin, the analytics of all types of herbal preparations (e.g., herbal teas or herbal drug extracts) is challenged by a complex matrix requiring specific analytical procedures. In addition, in many cases constituents have a low concentration resulting in analytical challenges particularly if the final product contains only small amounts of the herbal preparation. Moreover, in contrast to chemical entities, certain natural “modification” processes ...

News from the EMA Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products

Rubrik: europharm

(Treffer aus pharmind, Nr. 02, Seite 136 (2023))

Steinhoff B

News from the EMA Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products / Steinhoff • HMPC · Steinhoff B · Bundesverband der Arzneimittel-Hersteller e. V. (BAH), Bonn
The Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC) held the 105 th , 106 th and 107 th meeting on 16–18 May, 18–20 Jul, and 19–21 Sep 2022, respectively. Information about some documents which might be of particular interest to the herbal industry will be presented in the following. All relevant information on the HMPC work including agendas, meeting reports, and detailed minutes, as well as all final documents and drafts released for consultation, are publicly available and can be accessed through the EMA website www.ema.europa.eu/en/committees/committee-herbal-medicinal-products-hmpc .