A possible framework for a joint trans-tasman agency to regulate therapeutic goods (including New Zealand healthcare products)
22 June 2000
- This consultation closed on 2 August 2000.
- A possible framework for a joint trans-tasman agency to regulate therapeutic goods (including New Zealand healthcare products) (pdf, 116kb)
- Report on stakeholder comment in response to the Consultation Paper: A Possible Framework for a Joint Trans-Tasman Agency to Regulate Therapeutic Goods (Including New Zealand Healthcare Products) (pdf, 69kb)
Australian and New Zealand Ministers agreed to explore the viability of establishing a joint agency to regulate healthcare products and therapeutic goods. In 1999, they called for the project to be given priority in the therapeutic goods co-operation programme under the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement (TTMRA).
The purpose of this Paper is threefold:
- To brief interested parties on four possible joint agency models which were considered by the project group;
- To explain why one model was chosen as the preferred model for further development; and
- To seek comments on -
- the essential principles which should underpin any joint agency and
- the preferred model.