Data on how medsafe audits the sale of therapeutic products eg: VitC, Zinc, glutathione
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From: Geoff Reid
Dear Ministry of Health,
Please provide all data and information on the methodologies used by Medsafe that are used to audit practitioners that are advertising and/or supplying unapproved medicines/“therapeutic products" specifically but not restricted to intravenous vitamin C, zinc, glutathione and B-dose.
Please provide the number of warning notices that have been issued by Medsafe to practitioners or practices advertising such substances in the last 2 years. How many of those warnings have lead to legal action being taken?
Please prove how Medsafe, by auditing the sales price of ’therapeutic products’ is keeping in alignment of their mission statement:
"To enhance the health of New Zealanders by regulating medicines and medical devices to maximise safety and benefit.”
Yours faithfully,
Geoff Reid
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