Anti-AIDS Chinese medicine expected to enter market this year ( 2003-11-14 21:53) (Xinhua)
A pure natural anti-AIDS
Chinese medicine jointly developed by China and Thailand is expected to obtain
permission from the Thai Ministry of Public Health to enter market in 2003.
The medicine has passed three-stage clinical tests by the Thai health
ministry. The Kunming Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
the researcher on the Chinese side, is also applying to China's drug
administration for permission, a Chinese health ministry official said here
Friday.
Shen Zhixiang, a senior official with the State Administration of Traditional
Chinese Medicine, said at the sixth meeting on health cooperation between China
and Thailand that the clinical tests showed that the preparation could
effectively kill the HIV virus, increase the vitality of immunocyte and improve
the human body's immune system, with no toxic or side effects.
Gao Qiang, executive vice-minister of health, congratulated the researchers
of the two sides and said he hoped they could continue to explore the advantages
of Chinese medicine and present the medicine to the AIDS patients of China and
Thailand as well as the world as soon as possible.
Gao said China and Thailand have carried out fruitful cooperation in health
and curing research, covering the areas of cancer, herbal medicine and mental
health.
The health officials from China and Thailand agreed at the meeting to
cooperate in the future in the fight against AIDS and severe acute respiratory
syndrome (SARS), and on unifying standards for food and drug imports.
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