PATENT MEDICINES

Grey River Argus, 31 October 1942, Page 2

PATENT MEDICINES

DUNEDIN, Oct. 29. “The Medical Advertisements Act does not come into operation until the beginning of next year,” said the Minister of Health (Mr. Nordmeyer). ' “Time has thus been allowed ito enable manufacturers to terminate their advertising contracts ’and to change their labels, etc., where these are likely to offend.” Asked whether the personnel of the board had yet been selected, the Minister jfaid ithat an announcement would not be made for some little time. He indicated, however that the members would be chosen for their scientific knowledge and judicial capacity. When .invited to comment on the suggestion of the Dunedin manufacturing chemists’ group that provision should be made for appeals, Mr. Nordmeyer said that he thought this was scarcely necessary, a's it was. intended to appoint a pharmaceutical chemist as one of the members, as the board would make’ its decisions on fact, he added, it was hardly necessary to set up a further board to reconsider its decisions.