Directory of Official Information M-O [pdf, 564 KB]
...recommendations of advisory committees as to whether or not the Minister should consent to the distribution of a new medicine • To hear appeals under section 88 of the Medicines Act. This covers appeals against refusals by the Ministry of Health to issue licences to manufacture, pack or sell medicines; appeals against refusal by the Director-General of Health of an application for approval to carry out a clinical trial of a medicine; and appeals against a decision by the Director-Gener...