Speeches
LC: Speech by SFH on proposed resolution under Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance (2)
Following is the translation of a speech by the Secretary for Food and
Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, in moving a motion on the proposed resolution on the
Pharmacy and Poisons (Amendment)(No. 3) Regulation 2013 and Poisons List (Amendment)(No.
3) Regulation 2013 under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance in the
Legislative Council today (May 22):
Mr President,
I move that the motion under my name, as printed on the Agenda, be passed.
Currently, we regulate the sale and supply of pharmaceutical products
through a registration and monitoring system set up in accordance with the
Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance. The Ordinance maintains several Schedules
under the Pharmacy and Poisons Regulations and a Poisons List under the
Poisons List Regulations. Pharmaceutical products put under different
Schedules and different parts of the Poisons List are subject to different
levels of control in regard to the conditions of sale and keeping of
records.
For the protection of public health, some pharmaceutical products can only
be sold in pharmacies under the supervision of registered pharmacists and in
their presence. For certain pharmaceutical products, proper records of the
particulars of the sale must be kept, including the date of sale, the name
and address of the purchaser, the name and quantity of the medicine and the
purpose for which it is required. The sale of some pharmaceutical products
must be authorised by prescription from a registered medical practitioner,
dentist or veterinary surgeon.
Arising from an application for registration of three pharmaceutical
products, the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of Hong Kong proposes to add the
following three substances to the First and Third Schedules to the Pharmacy
and Poisons Regulations and Part I of the Poisons List:
(a) Aflibercept;
(b) Crizotinib; its salts;
(c) Ruxolitinib; its salts.
Pharmaceutical products containing the above substances must then be sold in
pharmacies under the supervision of registered pharmacists and in their
presence, with the support of prescriptions.
For amendment regulations concerning the adding of three substances to the
First and Third Schedules to the Pharmacy and Poisons Regulations and Part I
of the Poisons List, we propose them to take immediate effect upon the first
Friday available for gazettal after this meeting, which is this Friday, May
24, to allow early control and sale of the relevant medicine.
The two Amendment Regulations are made by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of
Hong Kong, which is a statutory authority established under the Ordinance to
regulate pharmaceutical products. The Board comprises members engaged in the
pharmacy, medical and academic professions. The Board considers the proposed
amendments necessary in view of the potency, toxicity and potential side
effects of the medicine concerned.
With these remarks, Mr President, I hope members could support the motion.
Thank you.
Ends/Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Issued at HKT 23:25
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