February 2012. The first Media Medics Roundtable meeting of the year was held at Corrigan’s Restaurant in Mayfair, London, where our hosts were once again Schwabe Pharma (UK) Ltd. At previous meetings we had been told about the MHRA proposed regulation of herbal medications, a development welcomed by all. The concept that herbal medicines should like others in the UK be subject to consistency standards and accompanied by the information leaflets we have come to accept seemed such an obvious progression that we were disturbed to learn that not all manufacturers have adopted these principles, and that some seem to be exploiting a loophole to avoid them.

Click to see a summary of the presentations from two speakers, Drs Dick Middleton and David Edwards, and reaction from some who attended.