Natural Therapeutic Resources and Products - Peru

The General Directorate of Medicines, Supplies and Drugs (DIGEMID) of the Ministry of Health is the body in charge, at the national level, of registering, re-registering, modifying, suspending and canceling the sanitary registry of the products included in this category and carrying out the control and surveillance their health.

Being Peru one of the twelve megadiverse countries in the world, its knowledge in traditional medicinal plants is a matter of preservation and development by the State, and although there are many natural products registered to treat diseases, there is a market that demands more products in this category. , chemical synthesis and non-biological products, are regulated by local regulations and are of great interest to foreign companies given the market.

The value of the cultural is not limited only to the heritage of the past, but is expressed in a creative capacity that has resulted in the incorporation of new products and techniques, including those related to medicinal plants, thus achieving the identification of its curative value, the same that generally comes from the information provided by traditional curative knowledge, which has been the source for phytochemical research, the identification of active principles, and in some cases, the development of new drugs.

Aruna Asesores SAC has been at the forefront in the regulation of these products, and offers its experience in order to register this or other natural products.