2_Categories & Types of Health Products Flashcards
Which act defines med as ‘drug’?
Sale of Drugs Act
Definition of ‘drug’?
medicine whether internally or externally, incl anaesthetics
doesnt incl substances that have no medicinal purposes such as toilet prep, face powder, dusting powders
What is considered ‘poison’?
Any subs referred to in Poisons List
Artificial/natural
contained in prep, soln, admixture or natural (raw)
Which act defines med as “substance recommended as a medicine”?
Medicines (Advertisement and Sale) Act
What is the definition of “substance recommended as a medicine”?
prevention or treatment of any ailment, infirmity, or injury affecting human body
NOT food/drink
what is “medicinal product”
Medicines Act
- medicinal purposes
What are the medicinal purposes?
- treating/ preventing disease
- diagnosing disease/ ascertaining a physiological cond
- contraception
- anaesthesia
- others
“medicinal product” does not include?
- medical devices and equipment
- new subs in early r&d
- dental fillings and material
- (plain) bandages and surgical dressings, not containing medication
- other items specified by Minister
What are subsets of “medicinal product”?
- CPM
- trad med
- quasi-med
- medicated oil and balm
- homoeopathic med
What is defined as “health product”
HPA
- health-related purpose
- falls within categories in 1st schedule
What is “health-related purposes”?
therapeutic, preventive, palliative, diagnostic, cosmetic
or other purpose for promotion or preservation of human health and well-being
What are subsets of “health products”?
- medical devices
- cosmetic products
- therapeutic products
- oral dental gums
- CTGT
What is exempted from the Poisons Rules 2nd schedule?
- medical devices
- therapeutic products
- CTGT
What is exempted from Medicines Act?
- totally exempted according to Medicines (Cessation of Application of Therapeutic Products) Order; Medicines (Cessation of Application of Act to Oral Dental Gums) Order; Medicines (Cessation of Application of Act to Medical Devices) Order; Medicines (Cessation of Application of Act to Cosmetic Products) Order
- Medicines (Traditional Medicines, Homoeopathic Medicines and other Substances) (Exemption) Order
What are some informal terms?
- pharmaceutical products: western-type med, vaccines, synonymous w therapeutic products (?)
- complementary med: trad med (not containing any synthetic chemicals); health supplements (not to treat diseases/med cond; only for health and well-being)
- medical devices and equipment: not in form of subs or prep; not metabolised by human body
