Kia ora Wendy,

 

Thank you for your email. 

 

For Ivermectin to be approved for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19
New Zealand legislation requires that a sponsor submits a medicine
application with appropriate safety and efficacy data to Medsafe, for
evaluation and approval before it can be supplied here. To date this has
not occurred. 

 

Information on who can be a medicine sponsor in New Zealand, and
therefore submit an application to Medsafe, can be found in the Guidelines
on the Regulation of Therapeutic Products in New Zealand, Part 2, Section
2, available
here: [1]https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/regulatory/c...

There is currently one medicine containing ivermectin approved for use in
New Zealand. The medicine is called Stromectol, and it is approved for a
number of clinical indications. However, these indications do not include
the treatment of COVID-19. 

More information about Stromectol including the expected side effects of
use, and the company that is registered as its sponsor can be found in the
New Zealand data sheet
here: [2]https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/profs/Datash...

 

More information on the regulation of medicines for the treatment of
COVID-19 can be found on our website
at: [3]https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/med...

 

The World Health Organization recommends not to use ivermectin to treat
patients with COVID-19 outside of clinical
trials [4]https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/...
the Ministry has no plans to promote its use for treatment of COVID-19. 

 

Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [5][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.

 

Ngā mihi 

  

OIA Services Team 

 

[6]Ministry of Health information releases 

[7]Unite against COVID-19 

 

 

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From: Wendy Anderson <[FOI #16743 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 14 September 2021 11:48
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Ivermectin

 

Dear Ministry of Health,

Can you please send the information/discussion papers etc that was used
for the Government to decide not to allow Ivermectin to be used as a
treatment by the medical profession as a possible treatment for COVID-19.

Yours faithfully,

Wendy Anderson

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