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E Cape illegal immune-booster given ‘false’ approval – officials suspended

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Chris Bateman

Abstract


An official in the Medicines Control Council (MCC)’s national law enforcement inspectorate and a Port Elizabeth district health manager have been suspended following an illegal trial of an unregistered Californian-made ‘immune-boosting’ spray on public sector clinic patients.


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Chris Bateman, HMPG, South Africa

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Keywords

Immutides; Unproven drug; Bovine origin; Illegal drug trial; Immune booster

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South African Medical Journal 2014;104(6):391-393. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.8435

Article History

Date submitted: 2014-05-08
Date published: 2014-05-12

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