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Banned drug could create legal minefield - AAP
The World Anti-Doping Agency issued a statement on Tuesday to clarify the status of anti-obesity drug AOD-9604.
"AOD-9604 is a substance still under pre-clinical and clinical development and has not been approved for therapeutic use by any government health authority in the world," the statement said.
"Therefore, under the 2013 Prohibited Substances and Methods List, the substance falls into the S.0 category which states: Any pharmacological substance which is not addressed by any of the subsequent sections of the list and with no current approval by any governmental regulatory health authority for human therapeutic use (e.g drugs under pre-clinical or clinical development or discontinued, designer drugs, substances approved only for veterinary use) is prohibited at all times."
The same catch-all clause has been on page one of the WADA prohibited list since at least 2011...
Read more: Banned drug could create legal minefield
The World Anti-Doping Agency issued a statement on Tuesday to clarify the status of anti-obesity drug AOD-9604.
"AOD-9604 is a substance still under pre-clinical and clinical development and has not been approved for therapeutic use by any government health authority in the world," the statement said.
"Therefore, under the 2013 Prohibited Substances and Methods List, the substance falls into the S.0 category which states: Any pharmacological substance which is not addressed by any of the subsequent sections of the list and with no current approval by any governmental regulatory health authority for human therapeutic use (e.g drugs under pre-clinical or clinical development or discontinued, designer drugs, substances approved only for veterinary use) is prohibited at all times."
The same catch-all clause has been on page one of the WADA prohibited list since at least 2011...
Read more: Banned drug could create legal minefield
