.....Medsafe is being replaced but traditional Māori healing will be exempted
When the Therapeutic Products Bill was introduced in Parliament in November last year, Health Minister Andrew Little said it was intended “to modernise the way medicines, medical devices and natural health products are regulated”.
The result of more than a decade of policy work, the Bill replaces the Medicines Act 1981 and Dietary Supplements Regulations 1985 with “a comprehensive regulatory regime that is fit for the future”, Little said.
It replaces Medsafe with a new regulator.
