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Lecture 6: How A Medicine Reaches The NZ Market Flashcards

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What is the significance of a pregnancy test as a form of medicine?

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By NZ law the pregnancy test is a medicine, in other countries it is a medical device

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What is the definition of a medicine by the Medicines Act, 1981 S3:?

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“Any substance or article other than a medical device that is manufactured, imported, sold or supplied wholly or principally; for administration to human beings for a therapeutic purpose and where it is so used:

  • in a hospital or pharmacy OR
  • by a practitioner, midwife, designated prescriber or
  • in accordance with a standing order, or
  • In the course of any business that consists of or,
  • for use as pregnancy test
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What is a therapeutic purpose?

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A therapeutic purpose means the substance is used for

  • treating or preventing a disease
  • altering the shape, structures size or weight of the human body
  • preventing or interfering with the normal operation of a physiological function
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Who developed the ideal scientific basis for selective toxicity and screening?

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Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915)

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How were medicines discovered before the end of the 19th century?

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By chance and serendipity

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How are drugs discovered?

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  • from plants and traditional remedies
  • from endogenous agents in animal
  • by serendipity
  • application of metabolites of existing drugs
  • empirical chemistry & pharmacology
  • rational molecular design and modelling
  • combinatorial chemistry and HT screening
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What is serendipity?

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Good fortune or luck

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What is HT screening?

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High throughput screening

- method for scientific experimentation especially used in the drug industry

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Which industry is responsible for the research and development of over 90% of new drugs produced..

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The research based pharmaceutical industry

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What scientific techniques are making drug discovery an even rode scientific process than previously?

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Applied molecular biological techniques

Molecular modelling

Prospect of genetic technologies

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What does it take to develop a new medicine on average?

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Up to 12 years,

Thousands of pages of data

1.1billion NZD

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What is the likelihood that a drug will make it to the market ?

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Only one compound in 10,000 initial molecules actually make it to the market

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Why do we regulate medicines?

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So we have an assurance of

Quality (stability, purity)
Safety
Efficacy
We need to update information 
Pharmacovigilance - the kinds of things we need to look at
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What are the key activities of the regulation of medicines?

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Control of the manufacturing chain
Control of the distribution chain
Pre-market evaluation and approval
Post- market surveillance
Control of access to medicines
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Who regulates our medicines?

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FDA- in USA
TGA- in Australia
Medsafe- in NZ: New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority

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What is the Medsafe mission?

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To enhance the health of NZers by regulating medicines and medical devices to maximise safety and benefit (and minimise harm)

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What are functions of Medsafe?

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  • Evaluate applications from manufacturers wishing to market a new medicine
  • Approve clinical trials on new medicines
  • Monitor the safety of medicines and medical devices
  • Issue licenses to importers and distributors of medicines
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What do regulations define

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Rules on manufacturing and purity of medicines

Animal data require before human study approval

Safety and efficacy levels required for approval of marketing

The types of claims allowed in medicines advertising

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What are the regulations in labelling?

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Writing a drug label is part of the approval process.

Label must contain data on the:

  • pharmacological actions
  • approved use
  • side effects
  • dosing of drug for prescribers

This content of the label is defined by LAW

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What is a clinical trial?

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Any research on human subjects conducted to gain new knowledge into mental and physical health and disease

They involve a wide range of health professionals and are usually conducted in hospitals, the community, or academic institutions

They are usually divided into 5 distinct phases

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What are the 5 phases of a clinical trial?

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Phase I: evaluation in volunteers- date of drug in body and safety profile

Phase II: initial studies in patients- proof of concept and dose ranging

Phase III: pivotal proof of effectiveness and safety. Multicentre controlled

Phase IV: comparative trials

Phase V: new indications

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How is approval of a clinical trial achieved?

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  • Through the ministry of health
  • Applications for approval are assessed by the Health Research Council a standing Committee of the Therapeutic Trials
  • requires submission of all preclinical, clinical data and clinical trial protocol
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What are the regulations for New Drug Approval in NZ

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  • Requirement for the Approval to market a medicine in NZ are set out in the Medicines Act 1981 and Regulations 84
  • Approval granted by the Minister of a health on advice from the ministry through Medsafe a business unit of the Ministry of health
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List the post- marketing activities

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Medicines testing programme
Compliance monitoring
Complaints investigation
Pharmacovigilance (adverse reactions monitoring)
Publications 
Regulatory action
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What are compliance activities?

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Good manufacturing practice (GMP) audits
RCA,Los and complaints
Medicines testing
Medicines device monitoring 
Licensing activities : 
 -wholesales license
 -pharmacy license 
 -importing license
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What are the different levels of access to medicines?

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Medicines are classified by the medicines classification committee:

Prescription medicines - require legal document
Restricted medicines- via pharmacist only
Pharmacy only medicines - can only be sold in pharmacies where a pharmacist has supervision
General sales medicines - anyone can buy

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What are the issues considered if a medicine has to be reclassified?

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Toxicity, abuse potential, inappropriate use, precautions, communal harm, convenience, potency, current availability, therapeutic index

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What agency handles the subs ideation of patient access to medicines by the government?

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Pharmacy Management Agency Ltd (PHARMAC) est in 1993

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What is the mission of PHARMAC ?

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To balance between the needs of the patients for equitable access to health care with the needs of the tax players for responsible management of costs

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Why are medicines regulated?

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For their quality, safety, efficacy,

Distribution chain,
Categorisation,
Modification

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How is getting a drug subsidised different to registration of a drug?

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It undergoes a different process, monitored by different a agency

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