642Medicines advisory committee—conduct of meetings

642 Medicines advisory committee—conduct of meetings (1) The medicines advisory committee may conduct its meetings as the committee considers appropriate. (2) A meeting of the medicines advisory committee may be held using a method of communication, or a combination of methods of communication, that allows each member taking part to hear what each other member taking part says without the members being in each other’s presence. Examples a phone link, a satellite link, an internet or intranet link

(3) A medicines advisory committee member who takes part in a meeting conducted under subsection (2) is taken to be present at the meeting. (4) A resolution is a valid resolution of the medicines advisory committee, even if it is not passed at a meeting of the committee, if all members agree to the proposed resolution in writing. (5) The medicines advisory committee must keep minutes of its meetings.