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RNZ : 'Awful error': Two-month-old dies following overdose after pharmacy allegedly gives medication at wrong dosage
Regulatory inspection is framed as reactive and insufficiently rigorous
The article notes Medsafe conducted only an 'initial assessment' that the pharmacy was 'safe to continue operating,' suggesting a lack of immediate accountability. This follows a fatal error, framing oversight as delayed and passive.
“Medsafe had visited the pharmacy where the medicine was dispensed and completed an initial assessment that the pharmacy was safe to continue operating.”
RNZ : Fears for safety as influencers push synthetic peptides
Regulatory authority is portrayed as struggling to contain a rapidly growing illicit market
While Medsafe is quoted accurately, the dramatic rise in intercepted parcels (15 to 370) and the acknowledgment that bans alone won't work imply regulatory efforts are insufficient against adaptive illicit supply chains.
“Despite this, Sarah Helm said a complete ban on such drugs was not going to work.”