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Sweet smell of success for patients taking the sugar pill
15 January 2019 - A placebo is anything that seems to offer a real medical treatment, but doesn’t. It could ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jan 2019
New drug to halve heart patients' cholesterol levels
9 January 2019 - A second drug has been approved for use in Australia for patients with high cholesterol who ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2018
Revolutionary' cancer drug using genetically modified cells approved
19 December 2018 - A revolutionary cancer therapy that supercharges a patient's immune cells to hunt and destroy cancer cells ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2018
PharmaMar announces the approval of Aplidin in Australia for the treatment of multiple myeloma
11 December 2018 - PharmaMar has licensed Aplidin to its partner, STA, in Australia, New Zealand and several Southeast Asian countries. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Dec 2018
CSL's improved flu vaccine won't reach Australia until 2021
5 December 2018 - Australians may have to wait until 2021 for CSL's new cell-based quadrivalent influenza vaccine, which was ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Dec 2018
Australia's first telehealth cancer drug trial
3 December 2018 - A partnership between north Queensland hospitals is bringing potentially life-saving cancer drug trials to rural patients. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Dec 2018
Zambon announces approval and ARTG listing of safinamide in Australia for treatment of patients with Parkinson’s disease
30 November 2018 - Further regulatory submissions on-going with authorities worldwide. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2018
The Implant Files: How the Therapeutic Goods Administration regulates medical devices
27 November 2018 - There is good reason why the building that houses Australia's powerful regulator of drugs and medical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Nov 2018
Database tracks faulty medical devices across the globe
26 November 2018 - Patients across the world now have access to facts about faulty or dangerous medical devices — ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Nov 2018
Dangerous medical devices let through by loopholes and lax regulation
26 November 2018 - The New Orleans sales conference of medical-device maker DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. was rocking. The sound system ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Nov 2018
It feels dodgy': parents bypass TGA to buy sleep drug from overseas
4 November 2018 - Consumers are circumventing Australian regulations to buy cheap melatonin from overseas where it can be obtained ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Nov 2018
Comparable overseas reports pathway - first registration decision
2 November 2018 - Cabozantinib (Cabometyx) is the first medicine to be registered on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Nov 2018
Update on the Australia-Canada Mutual Recognition Agreement
1 November 2018 - Common Statement regarding inclusion of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient in Australia-Canada Mutual Recognition Agreement (as of November 1, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Oct 2018
Hope for regenerative medicine bonanza
30 October 2018 - Regenerative medicine could be worth $6 billion in annual revenue and 6,000 new jobs for Australia ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Oct 2018
International agencies crackdown on fake medicines
24 October 2018 - From 10 to 11 October 2018, the Australian Border Force and the Therapeutic Goods Administration took ...