HERBALS IN PHARMACY: CHALLENGES

Zhari Ismail PhD (U of Strathclyde)Pharmaceutical Chemistry DisciplineSchool of Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversiti Sains Malaysia, Penang.

9th CPA & MPS Conference, 1-5 Aug. 2007, Kuala Lumpur

HERBALS IN PHARMACY: CHALLENGES

• Introduction• Community pharmacy• Regulatory & hospital pharmacy• Industrial pharmacy• Research & development• Conclusion

INTRODUCTION

• Herbals in Healthcare

• Scope

• WHO definition

• “consistently inconsistent”

• “quality built in, rather than tested for..”

COMMUNITY PHARMACY

• PRODUCT INFORMATION• HERBAL INTERACTIONS• DOSAGE• SAFETY• QUALITY• EFFICACY• ADVERSE REACTIONS; • OTHERS

REGULATORY & HOSPITAL PHARMACY

• REGISTRATION• GMP• QUALITY• SAFETY• EFFICACY• ADVERSE REACTIONS• DOSAGE FORMS• SHELF LIFE; OTHERS

INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY

• GMP, GAP, GCP, GSP• QC, QA, STANDARDISATION, PROFILING, MARKER/S• DOCUMENTATION, MONOGRAPHS, STANDARDS,• FORMULATION• STABILITY • EXTRACTION, EXTRACTS, DRYING• PACKAGING; LABELING • OTHERS

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

• ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY/BIOLOGY• PHYTOCHEMISTRY,PHARMACEUTICAL

CHEMISTRY• PHARMACOLOGY,

PHARMACODYNAMICS, TOXICOLOGY• PHARMACEUTICS

PHARMACOKINETICS• PRE-CLINICAL & CLINICAL STUDIES• OTHERS

CONCLUSION

• Left much to be desired

• Herbal pharmacy is here to stay & prosper

• Involvement of non-professionals