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One billion dollar bid to go it alone with COVID-19 vaccine hub
15 February 2021 - A proposal for a state-of-the-art $1 billion facility to manufacture vaccines and prescription drugs in Australia ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Feb 2021
COVID-19 vaccine shipment could arrive in Australia as early as next week
11 February 2021 - Coronavirus vaccines are a step closer to arriving in Australia after the European Commission formally approved ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Feb 2021
CSL confident it can make vaccine to cover variants, if needed
11 February 2021 - CSL is confident it can make an updated version of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to cover any ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Feb 2021
It will be six years before the world is vaccinated against COVID-19: experts
10 February 2021 - It will take six years to vaccinate enough of the world’s population to reduce the threat ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Feb 2021
Pfizer vaccine bound for Australia won’t be blocked
9 February 2021 - Europe will not delay the first doses of Pfizer vaccine bound for Australia despite moves to block ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Feb 2021
COVID-19 vaccine certificates to be available online within days of immunisation
8 February 2021 - Australians will have access to their COVID-19 immunisation certificates within days of receiving the vaccine, with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Feb 2021
TGA one of only five non-European regulators invited to participate on European committees on COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics
8 February 2021 - Australia, through the TGA, is one of only five non-European Union regulators formally invited to participate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2021
Repurposing of prescription medicines
4 February 2021 - The Therapeutic Goods Administration is conducting a public consultation that seeks to understand potential obstacles and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Feb 2021
Cost recovery implementation statement (2020-2021)
3 February 2021 - This Cost Recovery Implementation Statement provides information on how the Therapeutic Goods Administration, within the Department of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2021
Precision medicine helping to change the prognosis of a rare subtype of bowel cancer
2 February 2021 - Australians with a specific type of bowel cancer are no longer subject to a ‘one-size fits ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2021
Investigation reveals no specific risk of COVID-19 vaccinations in elderly patients
2 January 2021 - On 14 January 2021 the TGA received reports of about 30 deaths in over 40,000 elderly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2021
COVID‑19 vaccines – are we there yet?
1 February 2021 - The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic, is a highly infectious human respiratory ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Feb 2021
CSL to deliver one million Australian-manufactured COVID-19 vaccines a week from the end of March
1 February 2021 - CSL, the nation’s biggest health company, has brought forward its first delivery of an Australian-produced COVID-19 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Feb 2021
When is a medicine currently under review by the TGA not under evaluation?
1 February 2021 - The approval of the first new medicine for 2021 raises an interesting question. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jan 2021
Medicines Australia’s position on potential European Union restrictions and vaccines supply
30 January 2021 - Medicines Australia is concerned by the reports of proposals from Europe that could impact the global ...