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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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2021
TGA approves first new medicine for 2021
31 January 2021 - The TGA approved Aklief (trifarotene) for the topical treatment of acne vulgaris of the face and/or the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2021
EU bans coronavirus vaccine exports to Australia
30 January 2021 - The European Commission has slapped an immediate export ban on coronavirus vaccines to Australia so European ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2021
AstraZeneca vaccine warnings based on maths, not safety
29 January 2021 - The warning from the German health ministry’s vaccine committee that the AstraZeneca jab should not be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2021
AstraZeneca, Pfizer hope to meet vaccine supply dates despite ‘fluid’ Europe situation
28 January 2021 - Pfizer and AstraZeneca warn global supply chain issues and the European Union’s plan to add control ...