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The procedure for licensing herbal products in the UK and European Union is changing. The Traditional Herbal Medicinal Product Directive (THMPD) was implemented in the UK in 2005 and allows herbal products to be registered under medicines law. By 2011, every pharmaceutical company manufacturing herbal medicines that are sold in the UK and European Union must have obtained a market authorization.