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Medicines. Regulation. Warning !! This lecture may prove to be BORING. The Thalidomide Disaster. Regulatory Agencies. Food and Drug Administration (USA) EMEA Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australia) Medsafe (NZ). Regulatory Agencies.
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Medicines Regulation
Warning !! This lecture may prove to be BORING.
Regulatory Agencies • Food and Drug Administration (USA) • EMEA • Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australia) • Medsafe (NZ)
Regulatory Agencies • In the future there will be a single trans Tasman agency responsible for registration of medicines in Australia and New Zealand.
Drug Development • Pre-Clinical • Clinical
Preclinical Development • Medicinal Chemistry • In Vitro Screening • Animal Studies • Pharmacology • Pharmacokinetics (ADME) • Toxicology
Clinical Studies • Phase I Safety and Tolerability (10-20 subjects) • Phase II Proof of Efficacy (100-200 subjects) • Phase III Large Randomised Controlled Trials (May involve several thousand subjects)
MAAC • MAAC – Medicines Assessment Advisory Committee. • Considers efficacy and safety. • Makes recommendation to Minister of Health on whether consent should be granted to market the medicine (registration).
Off License Prescribing • Pharmaceutical companies need to seek separate approval for each new indication for a medicine. • Companies can only promote approved indications for a medicine. • OFF LICENSE PRESCRIBING When doctors prescribe a medicine for an indication that is not approved. .
Medicines Classification • Prescription Medicines • Over the Counter Medicines
Over The Counter Medicines • General Sale • Pharmacy Only Medicines • Restricted Medicines
Herbal Medicines • They do not have to go through the same regulatory process of medicines. • No therapeutic claims can be made for them. • Medsafe can remove them from the market if there are concerns about safety
Herbal Medicines • Natural does not necessary mean safe e.g. comfrey - veno-occlusive disease royal jelly - anaphylaxis aristolochic acid - renal failure • Also be aware of interactions e.g. St John’s Wort
Pharmaceutical Schedule • PHARMAC Pharmaceutical Management Agency. • PTAC Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee.
Pharmaceutical Schedule • Not all of the medicines that are marketed in New Zealand are funded through the Pharmaceutical Schedule. e.g. Bupropion - smoking cessation Finasteride - baldness Sildenafil - erectile dysfunction
PHARMAC Successful but Controversial.
PHARMAC • Most developed countries have seen expenditure on pharmaceuticals increase by 10-20% year • PHARMAC has restricted increase in expenditure to rate of inflation (2-3% per year) • Current expenditure by PHARMAC on medicines is $505 million per year. They estimate that without measures institutes by PHARMAC since 2004 that expenditure would now be $930 million per year.
Pricing Strategies • Reference Pricing • Sole Supply • Special Authority • Specialist Recommendation • Part Charge
If a medicine is not on the pharmaceutical schedule….. • Use of Medicines in Hospital • Exceptional Circumstances Scheme • Discretionary Community Supply
Unregistered Medicines • Section 29 • Clinical trials (SCOTT)
Hospital Formulary • Most hospitals have a formulary listing the medicines that can be prescribed in the hospital. • The aim of a formulary is to improve prescribing in hospital.
Hospital Formulary A formulary allows: • A reduction of the number of medicines in each therapeutic class used in hospital. • Avoidance of medicines of limited efficacy. • Establishment of guidelines for the use of medicines (particularly where there are concerns about safety or cost).