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Draft guideline on good agricultural and collection practice (GACP) for starting materials of herbal origin - Revision 1
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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- Due to the inherent
complexity of medicinal plants and herbal substances the quality of these starting materials requires an
adequate quality assurance system for the collection and/or cultivation, harvest, and primary
processing. - (either outdoor, indoor or in greenhouses) should be carefully considered, since each of the mentioned
types could have several problems and advantages. - The used cultivation method may be dependent on
the final application of the herbal medicinal product. - primary processing of herbal substances that are used for the preparation of herbal medicinal products.
- medicinal plants and herbal substances, ensuring that they are handled appropriately throughout all
stages of cultivation, collection, processing and storage. - their preparations are exposed to a large number of environmental contaminants of both biotic and
abiotic origin. - to existing wildlife habitats and must adhere to CITES (Convention on International Trade in
Endangered species of Wild Fauna and Flora). - https://health.ec.europa.eu/document/download/bd537ccf-9271-4230-bca1-2d...
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- Where possible, stable varieties and cultivars naturally
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- The following should be noted:
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Damaged plants or plant parts need to be excluded or limited in accordance with a specific
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348directly to the sun (except in cases where there is a specific need) and must be protected from
rainfall, insect infestation, etc. - The label must be clear, permanently fixed and made from
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Reflection paper on the use of fumigants (EMEA/HMPC/125562/2006)
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- Certain exudates that have not been subjected to a specific treatment are
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- European Pharmacopoeia General Monograph ?HERBAL DRUGS? 07/2017:1433
Are obtained by subjecting herbal substances to treatments such as
extraction, distillation, expression, fractionation, purification, concentration
or fermentation.
Draft template for assessment report for the development of European herbal monographs and European Union list entries - Revision 6
The completed comments form should be sent to
- The completed comments form should be sent to
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KeywordsCommittee on Herbal Medicinal Products; HMPC; European Union herbal
monographs; European Union list of herbal substances, preparations and
combinations thereof for use in traditional herbal medicinal products; herbal
medicinal products; traditional herbal medicinal products; traditional use;
well-established medicinal use; benefit-risk assessment; assessment report12
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If not the same peer-reviewer
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distinctions between presentation of data (methodology and results)
and the assessment of the data (?assessor?s comment?). - likely from an article but it seems it is concluded by
the rapporteur; ?According to the author? to be added. - Chapters with
a heading including the word ?conclusion? should include a summary
of all critical assessment of the assessor for that particular
chapter. - If an assessor?s comment is not needed, the Rapporteur
should delete the box inserted in the template. - ?
The report should be sufficiently detailed to allow for secondary
assessment of the available data by other HMPC experts. - Overview of available pharmacokinetic data regarding the herbal substance(s), herbal
preparation(s) and relevant constituents thereof ........................................................... 1697
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Assessment report on
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- This sections is related to
available quality standards and there is no need to repeat information
on all preparations included in the monograph. - Search and assessment methodology
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scientific literature and articles, Acts of law and regulations and
other relevant sources. - Cross-reference to the list of
references in Annex, which should list separately the references
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Examples of scientific databases to be searched are Medline, PubMed,
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references. - Examples of books are Hagers Handbuch, The Complete German
Commission E Monographs, PDR for herbal medicines etc. - In addition, information from non-EU regulatory
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When the assessment report is revised, the rapporteur should briefly
summarise the main changes under this section. - Data are collected using the template entitled ?Document
for information exchange for the preparation of the assessment report
for the development of European Union monographs and for inclusion of
herbal substance(s), preparation(s) or combinations thereof in the
list? (EMEA/HMPC/137093/2006). - Assessment report on
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This overview is not exhaustive.
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medicinal products?(EMA/HMPC/104613/2005) for further details. - Overall conclusions on clinical safety
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the results above. - Overall conclusions
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Describe key aspects only briefly, these will already have been
described in detail in the respective sections. - This section should
cover all recommended ?well-established use? and ?traditional use?
indications and conclusions shall be provided for each therapeutic
indication and each herbal preparation. - 1102
Well established use monograph
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1104The clinical studies supporting well-established use should be
specified for each therapeutic indication and each herbal preparation. - The choice for the wording of traditional use indications vis-?vis existing wordings in monographs in the same therapeutic area should
be briefly discussed/justified. - 1153
List entry
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The conclusions should include a statement pointing to the
possibility/non-possibility to support a European Union list entry.
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Debra M Haak receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Canadian Bar Association Law for the Future Fund, and the Queen's University Faculty Association Fund for Scholarly Research.
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