BackgroundThe New Zealand Formulary for Children (NZFc) was developed to build on the New Zealand Universal List of Medicines through the addition of clinical information about medicines use in paediatrics. The structure and content of the NZFc is based on the British National Formulary for ...
New Zealand and the United States are the only two advanced nations to permit direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) of prescription medicines, but they use very different regulatory regimes. This paper examines the evolution of DTCA in both countries, compares the New Zealand self-regulatory model...
Methods Indications and doses for antimicrobial med-ications in the NZFC were originally derived from the British National Formulary for Children (BNFC). A clinical advisory group (CAG) from New Zealand's national paedi-atric hospital was recruited to provide guidance relating to NZFC ...