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UK ban on TCM sales to hurt Chinese clinics   

英国药管局新规严重冲击中医业 大批诊所面临倒闭

英国药品管理局通知各中医学会和一些较大的中药店公司,要求上报中成药的库存数量。药管局表示,计划从明年初起全面禁止中成药在英国的销售。[查看全文]
2013-09-02 16:09 Ecns.cn Web Editor: yaolan
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(ECNS) -- The UK is expected to issue a ban on the sale of Chinese patent drugs in 2014, a move that could push many Chinese clinics out of business.

The UK's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued a notice on July 9, ordering major Chinese medicine stores in Britain to report their current traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) inventories, according to a China Business View report.

The medicine regulator also said it was planning to halt the sale of "Unlicensed Herbal Products",or Chinese patent drugs, in Britain next year.

The plan will have a huge impact on the traditional Chinese medicine community in Britain, according to Bo-ying Ma, president of the Federation of TCM, UK, on Monday.

The traditional Chinese medicine community in Britain has born the brunt of the global financial crisis that started in 2008. Chinese medicine has not been included in the UK.s medical insurance system, so British people whose incomes have fallen have been reluctant to buy Chinese medicines, said Ma.

"We hope the MHRA can offer a five-year transitional period to Chinese drug stores and clinics, so they can sell out their TCM inventories before the ban comes into force",said Ma.

Ma also said he had called on the leaders of the TCM community in the UK to jointly petition the MHRA to drop the plan.

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