Complementary Medicines
Permitted Ingredients List Project
The Permitted Ingredients List (PIL) project was commenced to assist the entry of the New Zealand complementary medicines industry into a joint therapeutic products regulatory environment with Australia. In July this year, the Government announced that work on establishing the Australia New Zealand Therapeutic Products Authority (ANZTPA) and the joint regulatory scheme had been placed on hold. Consequently work on progressing the PIL project was also placed on hold.
The project involved assessment of ingredients notified by sponsors of therapeutic-type dietary supplements. Where the ingredient is considered to be of low risk, by applying restrictions and label statements where necessary, it would be included in a list of ingredients that would be permitted for use in low risk (Class 1) medicines under the proposed ANZTPA scheme.
Although the project has been placed on hold, Medsafe has received a number of requests from the industry to provide feedback on the ingredients that had been notified.
The current status of ingredients notified for the PIL project is available on the ingredient status search facility below. This searchable database will be updated as new information becomes available.
Ingredient status search facility
Explanation of ingredient status
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Letter to Sponsors (Feb
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