TGA unveils plan to make more medicines available OTC
Introducing Schedule 3-and-a-bit
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The TGA has effectively created a new drug scheduling category for controlled OTC medicines as part of a plan to make more medicines available without a prescription.
Pharmacy lobby groups have already provided a list of suggested downscheduling targets, including trimethoprim and statins.