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Drug Regulators, EMA, Publish Reflection Paper on Ethanol Content in Herbal Medicinal Products and Tranditional Herbal Medicinal Products Used in Children

Herbal medicinal products may contain significant levels of ethanol arising from its use as an extraction solvent in liquid extracts and tinctures or when added as a diluent to liquid herbal preparations. The use of ethanol is necessary for extraction of some constituents that are important for efficacy. Ethanol is metabolically active, therefore formulations without ethanol or with the lowest achievable level should be selected to avoid systemic exposure when the target population is children.


Drug Regulators, EMA, Publish Overview of Comments Received on Reflection Paper, Ethanol Content in Herbal Medicinal Products

Organisations and/or individuals that commented on the draft Reflection Paper as released for
public consultation on 6 November 2008 until March 15th, 2009.
Organisations and/or individuals
1 Association of the European Self-Medication Industry (AESGP)
2 Kooperation Phytopharmaka, Germany
3 Association of Natural Medicine in Europe (ANME e.V.)
4 German Pharmaceutical Industry Association (BPI)