Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2019
Anti-depressant medicine brand switch: 'They've been used as guinea pigs'
11 September 2019 - Emotions ran high at the Health Select Committee today, with MPs grilling Medsafe and the Ministry of Health on a brand change to a generic anti-depressant.
A petition has been presented to Parliament's Health Select Committee, to hold an inquiry into the drug-buying agency's patient safety protocols for generic medications.
Submitters Sarah Macrae and Trudi Webber said they were relieved they had finally been heard.
