MHRA: here we go again

[Mojo]

The MHRA has announced its "landmark" registration of a medicine without requiring evidence of efficacy: Press release

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted the first UK product registration under the European Directive on traditional herbal medicinal products.

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Under the traditional herbal registration scheme products are required to meet assured standards of quality, safety and patient information. Minor claims are permitted on the basis of evidence of traditional usage.

"Traditional usage".

In other words, if people have been wrong about something for a long time, it becomes right.

The MHRA is the government agency that is responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work...

Oh yeah?

 

[Badly Shaved Monkey]

I think they are using a new dictionary I had not previously read:

"landmark". Noun. A dog turd that has been trodden in.

 

[Soapy Sam]

MHRA; n. a quango lacking credibility.
- Soapy's newspeak dictionary.

 

[Darat]

What on earth does "minor claim" mean?

 

[asthmatic camel]

What on earth does "minor claim" mean?

BS which is backed by Prince Charles and Cherie Blair/Booth.