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Exclusion of pangolin formulae in the 2025 Chinese Pharmacopeia does NOT end the exploitation

On 25 March, the National Medical Products Administration of China announced the release of the 2025 edition of the Chinese Pharmacopeia, to be implemented from 1 October this year. The release generated much fanfare because this latest edition removed 13 formulae which include pangolin in the ingredients. Sounds good! But don’t be fooled by the […]

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Could this move herald an end to China’s use of threatened wildlife in traditional medicines?

The Government of China has made a commitment (Chinese) to supporting the development of substitutes for endangered wildlife used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The announcement by the National Medical Products Administration of China (NMPA) is an encouraging step towards ending the use of threatened wildlife in TCM and represents tangible progress following a proposal […]

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Norges Bank cuts ties with traditional medicine firm over its use of endangered species

Norges Bank has divested from a major traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) company in the wake of EIA’s major exposé Investing in Extinction, which found the body parts of threatened leopards and pangolins being used as ingredients in at least 88 products. The bank cited an ‘unacceptable risk’ of Tianjin Pharmaceutical Da Re Tang Group Corp […]