For Ethics committee and regulatory agencies:
- Safety is a high priority, even during a pandemic, and will impact
current and future efforts
- Expedite processes, allow adaptability of studies, without
compromising all requirements
- Promote the scientific approach with its insistence on evidence
generation
Conclusion: We are optimistic that there is an
opportunity to revolutionize the way we collaborate with traditional
medicines and its practitiners. A strong and deliberate collaboration
among the various stakeholders – traditional healers, scientists,
government, and academia can usher in a new paradigm with informed and
safe use of traditional remedies
for the current and future
pandemics.
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