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TGA provisionally approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
25 January 2021 - The Therapeutic Goods Administration has granted provisional approval to Pfizer Australia for its COVID-19 vaccine, Comirnaty, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jan 2021
TGA to give Australians confidence to get the COVID-19 jab
22 January 2021 - COVID-19 vaccines will play a major role in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2021
TGA grants additional provisional determination for a COVID-19 vaccine
20 January 2021 - The TGA, part of the Department of Health, has granted a provisional determination to Biocelect (on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2021
AMA call for mass upscaling of home-made drug manufacture
20 January 2021 - The Australian Medical Association has warned of a shortage of essential medications because of supply chain ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2021
Is Novavax the dark horse of Australia's COVID-19 vaccines?
19 January 2021 - Experts say early clinical data on Australia's third COVID-19 vaccine, Novavax, is promising enough to suggest ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2021
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine claims ‘not evidence-based’
19 January 2021 - Claims that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine prevents death “100 per cent of the time” are not ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2021
New labelling for antibiotics in Australia
19 January 2021 - The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia is to be applauded for changing the way pharmacists label the antibiotics ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2021
Health professionals warn Australia is struggling to deal with post-COVID-19 medication shortage
20 January 2021 - Australians with chronic health conditions are having to take drastic stop-gap measures because of a continuing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2021
Norwegian investigation of COVID-19 vaccination risks for elderly, very frail patients
17 January 2021 - In recent days the TGA has received reports of about 30 deaths in over 40,000 elderly individuals ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jan 2021
Regulation of software based medical devices
15 January 2021 - The TGA has updated its guidance on the regulation of software as a medical device. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Dec 2020
'Digital contraceptive' gets approval by Australian health authorities
15 December 2020 - A smartphone app can officially be used as a contraceptive tool by Australians after becoming the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2020
Australia secures 20 million extra Astra Zeneca vaccines
11 December 2020 - Australia secures 20 million extra Astra Zeneca vaccines for onshore manufacturing to cover entire population and a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2020
CSL, University of Queensland coronavirus vaccine trials halted
11 December 2020 - CSL and University of Queensland researchers knew of the potential for false HIV positives in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2020
Australian COVID vaccine terminated due to HIV ‘false positives’
11 December 2020 - A billion-dollar deal for the Morrison government to buy more than 50 million doses of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Dec 2020
Telix granted TGA priority review for prostate cancer imaging
7 December 2020 - Telix announces today that the Company’s preliminary application to the TGA for TLX591-CDx was made at ...