
1 
This Order, which may be cited as the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1987, amends the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Order 1983 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Order”) and shall come into force on 24th July 1987.
2 
In Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Order (which lists substances which render a medicinal product a prescription only medicine except in circumstances also listed)—
(a) in column 1, for the words “Inosine Franobex”, there are substituted the words “Inosine Pranobex”; and
(b) in column 2 of the entry relating to Podophyllum Resin, for the maximum strength “2.0 per cent”, there is substituted the maximum strength “20.0 per cent”.
3 
In Part IV of Schedule 1 to the principal Order (which lists the name and product licence number of medicinal products that are not prescription only medicines)—
(a) after the entry relating to “Beechams Hydrocortisone Cream 0079/0203” there is inserted, “Boots Hydrocortisone Ointment 0014/0364”;
(b) after the entry relating to “Efcortelan P Ointment 1% 0004/0326” there is inserted, “Evacort Cream 0039/0198”; and
(c) the entry relating to “Cortovate Hydrocortisone Cream 1% 0039/0198” is deleted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.
Tony Newton
Minister of State
Department of Health and Social Security
17th July 1987P. Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
17th July 1987Malcolm Rifkind
Secretary of State for Scotland
17th July 1987In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 17th July 1987.
John MacGregor
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this 17th day of July 1987.
F. A. Elliott
Permanent Secretary
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this 17th day of July 1987.
W. H. Jack
Permanent Secretary
