DANGEROUS DRUG
Dept Destroys Stocks (From Our Own Reporter) WELLINGTON. Nov. 28. The Minister of Health (Mr McKay) said today that his r E a^ ment Was quite satisfied th a t there were no further stocks of thalidomide in New Zealand. Importers, wholesalers, and distributors had given the utmost co-operation on the withdiawal and recovery of the drug. Terms for compensation were being settled among the various firms, he said.
Mr McKay said that of 2,586,373 tablets and 10,091 bottles of thalidomide imported since 1960, 1.942.021 tablets and 9803 bottles had been destroyed “in various ways and in various places” by the Health Department. This left 644,352 tablets and 288 bottles of thalidomide which had either been used or destroyed without the knowledge of the department Each of the bottles containing the drug equalled 3.456 doses of 50 milligrams each. In addition, 120 c.c. of thalidomide syrup and 20 c.c. of drops had been imported. Both the syrup and the drops had been destroyed.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29992, 29 November 1962, Page 14
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