THE Australian Self Medication
Industry (ASMI) has confirmed
that Health minister Sussan Ley
will present at the organisation’s
upcoming conference taking place
on 27 Oct in Sydney.
ASMI said it was keen to hear
from the newly reappointed
minister on “progress of
regulatory reforms impacting
the consumer healthcare sector”
- and in particular consumer
communication of Pharmacist-Only
(S3) medicines.
“Minister Ley has been an
advocate of self-care,” ASMI
said, with other items on the
agenda including an overhaul of
the scheduling framework and
provisions for market exclusivity/
data protection for OTC and
complementary medicines in order
to incentivise innovation.
The conference will also feature
sessions on “Leveraging Pharmacy
to enable the health consumer”
and “Chinese Demand and
Australian Consumer Healthcare
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