HMPC – the plant com m ittee Dr. Steinar Madsen HMPC/ Norw egian Medicines Agency An agency of the European Union
W ho are the m em bers of HMPC? • One chair and one vice-chair • One m em ber nom inated by each of the 2 8 EU Mem ber States. • One m em ber nom inated by the I celand and Norw ay • Up to five co-opted m em bers ( experts) • One patient representative 1
New m anagem ent in 2 0 1 7 HMPC Vice-Chair: HMPC Chair: Emiel van Galen Marisa Delbo (IT) (NL) 2
The problem w ith tradition • A European Union Monograph can only be prepared w hen the follow ing criteria is fulfilled: • The herbal preparation has been in use for at least 3 0 years • And the herbal preparation has been in use in the EU for a least 1 5 years • The clinical efficacy is based on longstanding use and plausibility • Excludes to a large extent new products, Chinese traditional m edicines and Ayurvedic traditional m edicines 3
W hat have HMPC achieved? • 1 7 4 European Union Monographs • Revision of older m onographs • 1 2 European Union List entries ( incl. subspecies) 4
Thank you! 5
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