The Complementary Healthcare Council of Australia (CHC) has called on the government to change its health focus from supporting what it calls “an ailing and expensive illness model” to one that promotes wellbeing.
New Zealand livestock farmers have reduced antibiotic use in recent years, according to a report released by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).
The newly installed, tough-talking chief executive of the Complementary Healthcare Council of Australia has a new target in his sights after hitting out at the “misguided approach” by some academics towards non-conventional medicine.
The launch of the World Health Organisation’s new strategy for traditional and complementary medicines (T&CM) has met with approval from industry groups.
The new chief executive of the Complementary Healthcare Council of Australia has used his maiden speech to call on the incoming government to invest making the country healthier.
One of Australia’s biggest supplement makers is calling on the sector to unite in a bid to boost intellectual property protection to levels often afforded to the pharmaceutical sector.
As a new head of operations works out how best to guide GlaxoSmithKline’s China operation through a bribery scandal that has hit the world's headlines, industry watchers have have said the company is just the tip of the iceberg in a pharmaceutical...
SoHo Flordis International, an Australian/Indonesian natural medicines company, has acquired two companies in the space, ProThera, based in Reno, NV and Swiss company Ginsana.
By Dr Wendy Morrow, executive director, Complementary Healthcare Council of Australia
Something is not right when regulators increasingly opt to assess complementary medicines against medical criteria—in much the same way as pharmaceutical drugs are assessed.
Australia’s leading complementary healthcare association has slammed the government for snubbing it while appointing the new Therapeutic Goods Advisory Council (TGAC).
The world’s biggest food player, Nestlé, is investing A$17m (€13.6m) to renovate an Australian facility so it can produce medical foods for its Health Science division.
BioGaia has signed an agreement with Ferozsons Laboratories for the exclusive rights to sell probiotic drops and tablets in Pakistan. The products will be sold under the BioGaia brand and launch is planned for 2013.
Biothera has named Ryusendoas its exclusive distributor in Japan of Wellmune WGP and its other immune health ingredients for foods, beverages, and supplements.
The Complementary Healthcare Council of Australia launched an introductory certificate in complementary medicines at its 2012 National Conference in Sydney yesterday. The non-product based course has been designed for consumers and front-line retail staff...
A recent research report has revealed that the Chinese pork sector is experiencing an increased incidence of disease that it is expected to worsen over the next few months, threatening production.
The Australian medicines regulator is warning people off a weight management herbal called St Nirvana, after product testing revealed illegal doses of the banned pharma ingredient, sibutramine.
The ongoing rethinking of the rules governing herbal products in Australia has highlighted more than 30 herbs for safety review, according to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
