Pharmaceuticals: restrictions in use and availability, Update of the 12th issue, 2008

Overview

This text is the update to the Twelfth Issue of the United Nations Consolidated List of Products whose Consumption and/or Sale have been Banned, Withdrawn, Severely Restricted or Not Approved by Governments - Pharmaceuticals (UN General Assembly Resolutions 37/137, 1982; 38/149, 1983; 39/229, 1984; 44/226, 1989). It is offered as a service to drug regulators, the pharmaceutical industry, and to everyone interested in assuring the safe and rational use of drugs. It complements and consolidates other drug-related information issued by the World Health Organization, including the WHO Rapid Alerts, WHO Pharmaceuticals Newsletter and the quarterly subscription journal WHO Drug Information.