The number of Special Access Scheme approvals generated from New South Wales fell below the annual average again last month, although the state’s monthly share did improve from August, latest figures from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) have shown.

Amid a flurry of regulatory action which saw several doctors lose their Schedule 8 prescription privileges, it was feared SAS-B medicinal cannabis scripts, as well as those written by Authorised Prescribers, would fall in NSW.

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Steve has reported for a number of consumer and B2B titles over a journalism career spanning more than three decades. He is a regulator contributor to health journal, The Medical Republic, writing on...

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