Scheduling update
September 2, 2010
THE National Drugs and Poisons
Schedule Committee has confirmed
that yesterday the new Poisons
Standard 2010 came into effect.
The new arrangements comprise
the Standard for the Uniform
Scheduling of Medicines and
Poisons Number 1 (SUSMP 1),
which replaces the previous
Standard for Uniform Scheduling of
Drugs and Poisons (SUSDP).
The SUSMP1 is a consolidation
fo previous scheduling decisions by
the NDPSC as implemented by the
previous Poisons Standard (SUSDP
24) and decisions made byy the
delegate of the Secretary to the
Department of Health and Ageing
since 01 Jul.
Amendments included in the
latest edition of the SUSMP include
the reasons for the delegate’s
decisions relating to degarelix,
denosumab, dronedarone,
eltrombopag, icatibant,
indacaterol, omega-3 acid ethyl
esters and plerixafor
Free electronic coies of SUSMP1
can be downloaded from
www.tga.gov.au/ndpsc/susdp.htm.
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