Posted 28 August 2017
The Finalised Medicines Regulations have been published at last: http://www.gov.za/sites/www.gov.za/files/41064_gon859.pdf
Regulation 42(5)(c)(ii)(cc) requires that advertisements for unregistered complementary medicines include the disclaimer: “This unregistered medicine has not been evaluated by the SAHPRA for its quality, safety or intended use.”
It also includes regulations governing Complementary medicines, and “Health Supplements“
“complementary medicine” means any substance or mixture of substances that –
(a) originates from plants, fungi, algae, seaweeds, lichens, minerals, animals or other substance as determined by the Authority;
(b) is used or purporting to be suitable for use or manufactured or sold for use –
(i) in maintaining, complementing or assisting the physical or mental state; or
(ii) to diagnose, treat, mitigate, modify, alleviate or prevent disease or illness or the symptoms or signs thereof or abnormal physical or
mental state of a human being or animal; and is used-
- as a health