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Access Consortium statement on COVID-19 vaccines evidence
4 December 2020 - The medicine regulators from Australia, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (Access Consortium) have discussed the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Dec 2020
Australia 'ahead of schedule' on COVID-19 vaccine plan
3 December 2020 - Australia could approve a COVID-19 vaccine almost two months ahead of schedule, the head of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2020
What the UK's COVID-19 vaccine means for Australia
2 December 2020 - The race for a COVID-19 vaccine appears to have hit the final stretch, with the UK ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2020
COVID-19: Australia on track for Pfizer vaccine in March
2 December 2020 - Health Minister Greg Hunt says the UK’s approval of the Pfizer vaccine, to be rolled out from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2020
TGA statement on UK government emergency use authorisation related to the COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 supplied by Pfizer and BioNTech
2 December 2020 - The TGA notes the emergency use authorisation related to the COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 supplied by Pfizer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Nov 2020
TGA announces approval of new medicine from ASX listed company
26 November 2020 - Afamelanotide acetate (Scenesse) was approved on 22 October 2020. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Nov 2020
Medical trial delays see Australians wait for rare disease treatment
25 November 2020 - Patients with rare diseases are entering ‘random lottery’ draws for clinical trials because Australia is too slow ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2020
Australia's coronavirus vaccination program to start from March
25 November 2020 - The federal government says Australia is on track to deliver the first vaccines in March. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Nov 2020
First batch of Oxford University’s vaccine for COVID-19 ready by New Year’s Day
21 November 2020 - The Australian manufacturer of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has revealed when the first doses will ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Nov 2020
TGA grants third provisional determination for a COVID-19 vaccine
18 November 2020 - On 16 November 2020 the TGA granted a provisional determination to Janssen Cilag in relation to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2020
Vaccines including for COVID-19 will be made in new Australian plant
15 November 2020 - A state-of-the-art facility focusing on producing vaccines for things like COVID-19 and snake bites will be built ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2020
Coronavirus: the vaccine is coming, so who should get it first?
13 November 2020 - A specific class of “superspreaders” should be top of the queue for any COVID-19 vaccine once ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Nov 2020
Coronavirus: vaccine rollout for five million Aussies tipped for March
11 November 2020 - The regulator of medicines in Australia has confirmed it expects to be able to approve the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Nov 2020
Pfizer vaccine will be shipped in 'Eskies' as vaccines get preliminary approval
11 November 2020 - The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will be moved around Australia in specialised Eskies as part of a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Nov 2020
Therapeutic Goods Administration gives green light for early Pfizer vaccine
11 November 2020 - The nation’s medicines regulator has paved the way for an early release of Pfizer’s breakthrough COVID-19 ...