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ATAGI update following weekly COVID-19 meeting (27 January 2022)
31 January 2022 - On Thursday 27 January 2022, ATAGI met to consider the latest developments relating to COVID-19 immunisation. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2022
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) provisionally approved for use as a booster in individuals aged 16-17 years old
28 January 2022 - The Therapeutic Goods Administration has provisionally approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Comirnaty for use as a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2022
Moderna aims to deliver Omicron COVID-19 vaccine by September
27 January 2022 - A COVID-19 booster shot, targeted specifically at the Omicron variant, is expected to be delivered by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2022
TGA approves Tepmetko for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer
27 January 2022 - Tepotinib (Tepmetko) has provisional approval in Australia for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2022
COVID-19 vaccine weekly safety report (27 January 2022)
27 January 2022 - To 23 January 2022, the TGA has received 431 reports which have been assessed as likely to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jan 2022
TGA approves MSD's Vaxneuvance
24 January 2022 - Vaxneuvance (pneumococcal 15 valent conjugate vaccine (CRM197 protein)) was approved on 17 January 2022 for active ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jan 2022
ATAGI statement on the use of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine (Nuvaxovid)
24 January 2022 - ATAGI recommends that Novavax COVID-19 vaccine can be used for the primary course of COVID-19 vaccination ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2022
COVID-19 vaccine weekly safety report (20 January 2022)
20 January 2022 - To 16 January 2022, the TGA has received 428 reports which have been assessed as likely to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2022
Statement on the arrival of the Novavax vaccine and COVID-19 pills
20 January 2022 - Medicines Australia welcomes the TGA’s provisional approval for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine and the provisional approval ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2022
Two anti-viral COVID-19 treatments approved
20 January 2022 - The Australian Government welcomes the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s provisional approval of the first oral treatments for COVID-19 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2022
TGA provisionally approves Novavax (Biocelect) COVID-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid
20 January 2022 - The Therapeutic Goods Administration has granted provisional approval to Biocelect (on behalf of Novavax) for its ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2022
TGA provisionally approves two oral COVID-19 treatments, molnupiravir (Lagevrio) and nirmatrelvir and ritonavir (Paxlovid)
20 January 2022 - The TGA has granted provisional approval to two oral COVID-19 treatments: Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir, Pfizer) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2022
Lieutenant General John Frewen says he expects TGA approval of Novavax vaccine is 'imminent'
19 January 2022 - The head of Australia's vaccine rollout expects one to two per cent of Australians who remain unvaccinated ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2022
TGA ‘knowingly putting pharmacists in serious danger’
18 January 2022 - The pharmacists’ union has accused the medical regulator of putting workers and customers at risk of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2022
TGA in review (2021)
19 January 2022 - Using a liberal definition of what constitutes a 'new medicine', we have determined the TGA approved ...