- The Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee (“the Committee”) was established under the powers contained in section 4 of the Medicines Act 1968 and the Committee was formally created on 30 October 2005. The functions of the Committee are set out in the Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee Order 2005.
The Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee advises on the safety, quality and efficacy, in relation to human use, of:
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- herbal medicinal products eligible for registration under the simplified traditional use registration procedure established under European Directive 2004/24/EC
- unlicensed herbal medicinal products (unless it is subject to an application for a marketing authorisation, product licence or a homeopathic certificate of registration).
- The Committee may also advise on the safety, quality and efficacy, in relation to human use, of herbal medicinal products which have a marketing authorisation, product licence or certificate of registration, or which are the subject of an application for such authorisation, licence or certificate, if Health Ministers or the licensing authority request such advice, or provide the Committee with information relating to that product.
- The role of the Committee will concern primarily issues relating to safety and quality, since there is not a requirement for efficacy to be separately demonstrated in relation to registered traditional herbal medicines or unlicensed products sold under Section 12 of the Medicines Act. However, efficacy is still relevant - under the traditional herbal registration scheme, the pharmacological effects or efficacy of the medicinal product must be plausible on the basis of long-standing use and experience.
Meeting dates for 2012
| January | March | May | July | September | November |
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| 25 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 14 |
Meeting dates for 2011
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | September | October | November | December |
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| 26 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 14 |
Annual reports
Medicines Act 1968 Advisory Bodies Annual Reports 2010
(957Kb)Medicines Act 1968 Advisory Bodies Annual Reports 2009
(580Kb)Medicines Act 1968 Advisory Bodies Annual Reports 2008
(944Kb)Medicines Act 1968 Advisory Bodies Annual Reports 2007
(577Kb)Membership of the Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee:
Professor Philip A Routledge OBE MB BS MD FRCP FRCPE FBTS FBPharmacolS - (Chairman)
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Head of the Department of Pharmacology, Radiology and Oncology in the Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff University and Honorary Consultant physician/ Clinical Pharmacologist in Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust
Professor Gabrielle Hawksworth PhD FRCPE - (Vice Chair)
Professor of Molecular Toxicology, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Aberdeen
Professor Peter J Aggett OBE MSc FRCPCH FRCP
Honorary Professor, School of Medicine and Health University of Lancaster.
Mr Anthony J Booker MSc (Pharmacognosy) MRSC
Practitioner of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Kent, MPhil/PhD Student, University of London
Dr Robert C G Bracchi BSc MD Bch FRCGP
General Practitioner, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
Ms Alison M Denham BA (Soc) FNIMH
Herbal Practitioner and Senior Lecturer in Herbal Medicine, University of Central Lancashire, Preston
Dr Michael R Evans MB ChB
Principal in General Practice, St Luke’s Medical Centre Stroud, Faculty Member, British Postgraduate Training in Anthroposophic Medicine
Professor Simon Gibbons BSc PhD CSci CChem FRSC FLS
Professor of Phytochemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry, The School of Pharmacy, University of London
Dr Shantha B W Godagama DAMS MBAcC MF (hom) MAcF FAMA(UK)
Practitioner - Ayurvedic Medicine/Acupuncture, London President Ayurvedic Medical Association (UK) Director Ayurvedic Medical Centre Hale Clinic London Board of Directors EHPA AMA (UK)
Mrs Christine A Gratus BA MBA
Lay representative
Professor Paul T C Harrison BSc, PhD, CBiol, FSB, FRSA, FBTS
Visiting professor at Cranfield University and Director of PTCH Consultancy Ltd
Professor Michael Heinrich MA MSc PhD
Professor and Head of Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, The School of Pharmacy, University of London
Mrs Vivienne J Hinks BSc (hons) MA MIFPA
Senior Lecturer, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton and Aromatherapy practitioner
Professor John Francis Mayberry DSc MD LLM FRCP
Consultant Physician, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Professor of Gastroenterology, University of Leicester
Dr Barbara A Pendry PhD BSc (Hons) PGCE MNIMH
Principal lecturer, Herbal Practitioner and programme leader for herbal medicine at the University of East London
Dr Deborah J Shaw BSc (Hons) PhD
Clinical Scientist/Research Scientist, Herbal Medicines, Medical Toxicology Unit, Guy’s St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Jidong Wu MB MSc MATCM
Senior Lecturer and Programme Advisor in Traditional Chinese Medicine at Middlesex University
