Updates on several products

AFT Pharma recently made announcements affecting several of its marketed products. Importantly, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has made an interim decision that all products containing codeine (a key competitor to AFT’s Maxigesic) are to be rescheduled to prescription-only as of 1 February 2018. Also, AFT has licensed its cold/flu product Maxiclear to Angelini in 16 European countries. Additionally, due to continued Metoprolol shortages, the New Zealand government pharmaceutical buying agency, PHARMAC, has requested proposals from alternative providers, potentially affecting AFT’s sales of the product.