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Animal ingredients in TCM include animal parts such as tiger bones, rhino horns, deer antlers, and snake bile. [18] The use of animal parts in TCM have been definitively linked to the extinction of wildlife. [19] One example of this link is the pangolin trade, which has led the pangolin to be called the world's "most trafficked mammal."
Animal-derived drugs are a major source of modern medications used around the world. [2] [17] The use of these drugs can cause certain animals to become endangered or threatened; however, it is difficult to identify the animal species used in medicine since animal-derived drugs are often processed, which degrades their DNA. [2]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the broad mandate under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321 et seq.) to assure the safety and effectiveness of animal drugs and their use in all animals, including farm animals. The division of the FDA responsible for this is the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM). [1]
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Desiccated thyroid has been described in the United States Pharmacopoeia for a century as "the cleaned, dried, and powdered thyroid gland previously deprived of connective tissue and fat... obtained from domesticated animals that are used for food by man" (USP XVI). [15] In the last few decades, pork alone is the usual source.
While total sales for pharmaceutical-discovered drugs during 1999–2008 were more than double those discovered by biotechs, when it comes to sales per drug, the story revealed in the study is ...
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