The closing date for submissions was Wednesday, 7 February 2007.

The bill aims to establish a new joint trans-Tasman regulatory scheme for the regulation of therapeutic products. The joint regulatory scheme will cover: the regulation of the manufacture, supply, import, export, and promotion of therapeutic products; the setting of standards in relation to the quality, safety, and efficacy or performance of therapeutic products; post-market monitoring of therapeutic products; and enforcement of the joint scheme’s requirements.

It also aims to repeal and replace the Medicines Act 1981 with updated legislation for controls on medicines, such as the scheduling of medicines, licensing of pharmacies, and prescribing rights, that apply after the medicines have been approved for the market and are in the domestic supply and distribution chain.

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