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title: "Good regulatory design : Assessing the regulatory options for the Pharmacy Council and Medicines Control"
description: the Pharmacy Council asked NZIER to review the case for moving to one pharmacy regulator. This is a topical issue as the draft Therapeutics Bill and recent
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# [Good regulatory design : Assessing the regulatory options for the Pharmacy Council and Medicines Control](https://www.nzier.org.nz/publications/good-regulatory-design-assessing-the-regulatory-options-for-the-pharmacy-council-and-medicines-control)

 Written by [Admin](https://www.nzier.org.nz/publications/author/admin) | May 6, 2019

*A report for the [Pharmacy Council.](http://www.pharmacycouncil.org.nz/Consultations)*

The Pharmacy Council asked NZIER to review the case for moving to one pharmacy regulator. This is a topical issue as the draft Therapeutics Bill and recent memorandum of understanding propose enhanced information sharing but stop short of recommending moving to a single regulator. Several other countries have single regulators.

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