Herbal Medicines Services – Associate Consultan

Associate consultant Chantel Henderson (BA, BSC) is part of the IDA team. She is a fully qualified medical herbalist (NIMH) and who provides regulatory consultancy in the herbal, Food Supplement and Cosmetic sectors. She has 8 years of experience in producing market research and regulatory analysis and has built a strong reputation for delivering concise market intelligence, regulatory analysis and strategy for clients keen to understand market entry opportunities and barriers in the UK and overseas. Her key strength in finding product information that is not readily available and simplifying complex legislation into bite size for business.

Chantel has helped numerous non EU clients comply with regulations and take their products to the UK and EU markets.

Key Services

• Advice and strategy on the regulatory processes involved in introducing herbal and nutritional products to the UK/EU markets, based on all the relevant legislation for example, The Traditional Herbal Medicines Registration Scheme (THMRS), The Food Supplements Directive (2002/46/EC), European Food Standard Agency (EFSA) nutrition claims.
• Product Evaluation: Is your product a, medical device,  medicine,  traditional herbal medicine or  food supplement? IDA provides the answer.
• Traditional Herbal registration dossiers, compiling the ‘Safety’ and ‘Traditional Use’ modules and signing them off as an expert, assisting with the’ Quality’ module, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and relevant company licenses.
• Claim Research: Sourcing peer reviewed, published research on substances and upheld EFSA nutrition & health claims that could be made on products.
• Regulatory strategy: Assisting companies comply with the chosen regulatory route of a product and how to go about it.
• Formulation projects: From concept to commercialisation, choosing substances that have good evidence base, are effective and comply with the law, through to sourcing labs for analysis and contract manufacturers to make the final product.
• Copy reviews: Website and product literature should comply with Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) Cap codes rules and all products have labeling and packaging copy rules. Chantel reviews carries out copy and labeling reviews to make sure products comply with all relevant legislation.

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