CMEC 53rd meeting, 14 October 2005
Complementary Medicines Evaluation Committee
Extracted ratified minutes
CMEC Meeting 53 extracted ratified minutes (pdf,67kb)
Public recommendation summary
This summary has been posted immediately after the CMEC meeting to give quick advice of the recommendations made by CMEC to the TGA. This summary does not represent the decisions of TGA. Reasons underlying these recommendations will be available after Members ratify the Minutes at the next CMEC meeting.
Item 2 Confirmation of draft minutes of CMEC 52 (5 August 2005)
Recommendation 53.1
CMEC confirms that the draft Minutes of its previous meeting (CMEC 52, 5 August 2005), as amended, are a true and accurate record of that meeting.
Item 6.1 Evaluation of new substances - Conifer green needle complex
Recommendation 53.3
CMEC recommends to the TGA that conifer green needle complex is suitable for use as an active ingredient in oral and topical Listed medicines.
Item 6.2 Evaluation of new substances - Undaria pinnatifida powder
Recommendation 53.4
CMEC recommends to the TGA that the whole dried plant of Undaria pinnatifida only, minus the holdfast, is suitable for use as an active ingredient in oral Listed medicines.