The pharmaceutical industry and a medicines reclassification expert have welcomed the Government’s proposal to update Medsafe’s approvals process, but some details still need to be ironed out.
Over-the-counter medicines peak body Consumer Health Products New Zealand (CHPNZ) recently welcomed the Associate Minister of Health (Pharmac and Medsafe) to its 2024 Annual General Meeting in Auckland.
A Sydney academic who specialises in repurposing drugs says a cocktail based on the common worming treatment ivermectin, combined with zinc and a common antibiotic, should be deployed immediately in Victoria to prevent the spread of COVID-19.