for getting patent which include traditional medicine can we require to produce clinical data
The legislation of your country or state does determine the requirements for obtaining a patent.
In the EU and US herbal products usually cannot be patented and do not require the level of approval required of drug products.
http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/regulation/general/general_content_000208.jsp&mid=WC0b01ac05800240cf
https://www.fda.gov/Food/DietarySupplements/default.htm
https://nccih.nih.gov/health/supplements
depending on the purpose, if you plan to develop it as food supplement then usually is not patented; if you plan to develop it as a modern drug, i.e., a pure chemical entity, then follows the international patent law. If it is a mixture extract, it may be difficult to patent it.
Hi
In the USA utility patents are divided into
1. Composition of matter
2. Method of use
I'll give an example of Taxol, the cancer drug first isolated from the Pacific Yew tree. You can either describe the chemical substance and the steps required to extract and purify it for use (method of use), or describe how you alter a naturally-occurring substance for a new, not found in nature, chemical entity (adding a CH3- or Pegylation). This would be a new composition of matter patent. Either way, you need a patent attorney eventually.
Hope that helps
Bruce
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