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TGA approves yet another flu vaccine
9 September 2020 - As its brand name suggests, Flucelvax Quad is a new quadrivalent influenza vaccine. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Sep 2020
Australia secures onshore manufacturing agreements for two COVID-19 vaccines
7 September 2020 - A $1.7 billion agreement between the Australian Government and pharmaceutical companies means that a free COVID-19 vaccine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Sep 2020
CSL in deal with commonwealth to produce Oxford University and University of Queensland COVID-19 vaccines
7 September 2020 - Australia’s biggest health company CSL will manufacture two separate COVID-19 vaccines - including the world’s leading ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2020
Health Department moving TGA to new $60 million Canberra Airport campus
4 September 2020 - The Health Department will leave its ageing Symonston facility in 2022 for a new $60 million purpose ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2020
TGA says it is already in discussions with pharmaceutical companies developing COVID vaccines
4 September 2020 - Australia's medicines regulator isn't considering approving any treatments for COVID-19 at the moment, but it's spending ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2020
TGA announces it has approved Yescarta
2 September 2020 - Announcement in September of a decision made in February. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Aug 2020
We shouldn't pin all our hopes on a vaccine
23 August 2020 - Most experts think a vaccine against COVID-19 is likely to become widely available by mid-2021. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2020
'Be prepared for anything': CSL boss warns of key unknowns on vaccine
19 August 2020 - CSL chief executive Paul Perreault has cautioned that more details need to be ironed out before ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2020
Inquiry into approval processes for new drugs and novel medical technologies in Australia
19 August 2020 - Following a referral on 13 August 2020 from the Minister for Health, The Hon Greg Hunt ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2020
Scott Morrison announces free COVID-19 vaccines for Australians, backtracks on ‘mandatory’ comments
19 August 2020 - Prime Minister Scott Morrison has backtracked on comments that a free COVID-19 vaccine would be ‘as mandatory ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2020
Coronavirus: CSL reveals delivery date for COVID-19 vaccine as it progresses with clinical trials
19 August 2020 - Australia’s biggest health care company, CSL, expects to start delivering “emergency doses” of a COVID-19 vaccine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2020
Creating a coronavirus vaccine is only the first step. It’ll take years to manufacture and distribute.
18 August 2020 - The world is hoping a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine will soon become available. So far, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2020
CSL in talks with AstraZeneca to produce COVID-19 vaccine in Melbourne
17 August 2020 - Australia’s biggest health company, CSL, has confirmed it is in talks with British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2020
Submissions received: scope of regulated software based medical devices
14 August 2020 - A total of 48 submissions were received in response to the Scope of Regulated Software based products ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2020
Australia 'close' to gaining access to Oxford's promising COVID-19 vaccine
16 August 2020 - The Morrison government is close to striking an international deal to domestically produce a vaccine to ...