LICENSING AND LEGALIZATION OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE TO ENSURE PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY
Abstract: Traditional medicine
is a form of pharmaceutical ingredient which uses as medicine by the people. In
public paradigm, traditional medicines is considering more secure and cheaper
compare with patent medicine. The reason
of such condition
due to traditional
medicines are made
from materials of plants, animals, mineral galenic
ingredients or mix of all those ingredients hereditary. In Indonesia the instrument control of
traditional medicine conducted by regulation, license, supervision and legal enforcement.
In practical, based on the surveillance result which conducted by BPOM found
from 7.605 sample of traditional medicine, 1.867 (24.55%) of those are not
fulfilled the standard because several reasons contain chemical ingredients,
does not have distribution license, has long wrecked time and has unsuitable
water content. This condition resulted due to the lack of ability of
traditional medicine business to fulfill
the requirement and
obligation of license
owner to conduct
the medicine manufacture base on
CPOTB.
Author: Lilik Pudjiastuti
Journal Code: jphukumgg150040
