Information for Healthcare Professionals

This section provides information useful to healthcare professionals.

Healthcare Professional Information

Date	Type	Title
24/7/2025	Notices	Guidelines and Application Form for Approval to Prescribe Psychedelics
23/7/2025	Consultation	Topical corticosteroids: Proposal for the package labelling to state their potency - Consultation now closes on 13 August 2025
22/7/2025	Alert Communication	Warning: advertisements claiming Medsafe approval or bearing the Medsafe logo are scams
16/7/2025	Committees	Comments on agenda items for the 74th meeting of the Medicines Classification Committee
1/7/2025	Committees	Agenda for the 126th meeting of the Medicines Assessment Advisory Committee to be held on 18 July 2025
30/6/2025	Committees	Melatonin without a prescription
24/6/2025	Consultation	Outcome of the consultation on the proposal to change the regulatory and funding restrictions for stimulant treatments for ADHD
12/6/2025	Notices	Medsafe industry meetings May 2025
12/6/2025	Consultation	Proposed updates to the Guideline on the Regulation of Therapeutic Products in New Zealand: Bioequivalence of medicines
10/6/2025	Committees	Medicines Classification Committee - Dates and Deadlines
10/6/2025	Committees	Agenda for the 74th meeting of the Medicines Classification Committee to be held on 23 July 2025
5/6/2025	Publications	Prescriber Update Vol. 46. No. 2 - June 2025

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