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Expedited COVID-19 medical device application process
31 March 2020 - The Therapeutic Goods Administration is currently undertaking an expedited assessment process for all medical devices associated with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2020
Clinical trial processes
31 March 2020 - The TGA has received a number of enquiries about processes for clinical trials relating to COVID-19 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2020
COVID-19: existing drugs may be key to vaccine
26 March 2020 - Repurposing existing drugs to tackle the coronavirus has key advantages over developing a therapy from scratch: ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2020
COVID-19: frontline virus fighters to trial TB vaccine
27 March 2020 - Thousands of Australian doctors, nurses and health workers will be given a tuberculosis vaccine in a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2020
New restrictions on prescribing hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
24 March 2020 - In recent days there has been considerable focus on the potential for hydroxychloroquine and the similar ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2020
Coronavirus drug to be trialled on frontline health workers
25 March 2020 - Australia is moving towards a new coronavirus preventive trial for frontline healthcare workers as the number of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2020
The drug helping coronavirus patients
24 March 2020 - A flash of potential good news from the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic: ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2020
Dentists banned from prescribing potential COVID-19 drug to self, family
24 March 2020 - The Australian government has rushed through an emergency regulation banning dentists from prescribing an arthritis drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Mar 2020
Rush to raise funds for large COVID-19 drug trial in Australian hospitals
23 March 2020 - Australian researchers behind a new clinical trial of two drugs to treat COVID-19 are desperate to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Mar 2020
Fast-tracking research into treatments for COVID-19
21 March 2020 - The Australian Government will provide $13 million to fast-track research into treatments for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Mar 2020
Limits on dispensing and sales of prescription and over-the-counter medicines
19 March 2020 - In order to ensure equitable access to medicines for all Australians, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Mar 2020
Limits on dispensing and sales of medicines
19 March 2020 - Medicine supplies in Australia are strong however demand for medicines has increased markedly over the past two ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Mar 2020
Medicines Australia welcomes Government’s COVID-19 package
18 March 2020 - Medicines Australia welcomes the $2.4 billion COVID-19 health package announced by the Prime Minister Scott Morrison ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Mar 2020
Mass shipment of testing kits arrives as government pleads for supplies
17 March 2020 - The first shipment among 100,000 new coronavirus testing kits were due to arrive in Australia on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Mar 2020
2020 seasonal influenza vaccines
13 March 2020 - The Australian Influenza Vaccine Committee has reviewed data related to epidemiology, antigenic and genetic characteristics of ...