Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 13 December 2011:

In regard to the National Health and Medical Research Council report into naltrexone implants, can the names of the persons who wrote the original draft and all those who were involved in the review be provided.

Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Health has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

The 'Naltrexone implant treatment for opioid dependence–Literature Review' (Literature Review) was drafted by staff within the office of the National Health and Medical Research Centre (NHMRC). The Group Head overseeing this work was Professor John McCallum.

The resulting draft literature review was considered by an expert reference group convened by NHMRC. Details of the reference group are available on NHMRC's website. The Literature Review was updated to incorporate the reference groups' comments.

The Literature Review was subsequently peer reviewed by the following five external experts: