COVID-19: Australia’s pledge to $12 billion virus fight, WHO issues vaccine warning

5 May 2020 - Scott Morrison has promised more than $352 million as part of a global coronavirus vaccine fundraiser, but ...

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Australia, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland Consortium regulators pledge support to tackle COVID-19

5 May 2020 - The Australia, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland Consortium (ACSS) regulatory authorities have pledged their collective support in countering ...

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Pharmaceutical giant’s plan to end Australia’s reliance on Indian and Chinese medicines after COVID-19

2 May 2020 - Australia’s dangerous dependence on India and China to make vital medicines for the sick has come to ...

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TGA publishes more information about medicine formulations

30 April 2020 - To improve access to important medicine information, the Therapeutic Goods Administration now publishes additional formulation details ...

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University of Queensland says COVID-19 vaccine ready by September

29 April 2020 - An Australian vaccine for COVID-19 could be ready by September, its developers say. ...

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Medicines Australia encourages 22,000 plus employees of the medicines industry to download the COVIDSafe app

29 April 2020 - As an economic and manufacturing leader in Australia, we pledge to encourage all our 22,000 + ...

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COVID-19: Queensland vaccine researchers make crucial breakthrough

29 April 2020 - An experimental Australian vaccine for COVID-19 has generated immunity levels in preclinical trials exceeding those recorded in ...

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Clive Palmer’s coronavirus newspaper ad slammed as ‘dangerous’ and ‘misleading’

28 April 2020 - Clive Palmer has taken out a massive three page advertisement in the Herald Sun this morning, ...

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Medicines Australia welcomes COVID-19 tracking app

27 April 2020 - Medicines Australia has today welcomed the COVID-19 tracking app COVIDSafe, which will help keep the community ...

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Mesoblast claims coronavirus treatment breakthrough

24 April 2020 - Stem cell-focused biotech Mesoblast has claimed a breakthrough in its experimental therapy to treat patients with ...

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MMR vaccine commonly used to protect against mumps, measles and rubella could be effective against coronavirus

22 April 2020 - Doctors believe a childhood vaccine commonly used to protect against mumps, measles and rubella could be effective ...

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The controversial malaria drug has been approved for an official trial

21 April 2020 - A massive new clinical trial has begun in Australia to test if an HIV or a ...

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COVID-19 treatment remedsivir is not available for Australian trial

20 April 2020 - A landmark Australian COVID-19 trial will not get to test the most promising therapy, as it can ...

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Improved Consumer Medicine Information template

20 April 2020 - The Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990 have been amended to support improved Consumer Medicine Information. ...

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Greg Hunt: Australia now leading the race for a vaccine

16 April 2020 - Australia has long punched above its weight in health and medical research — think Gardasil, cochlear and ...

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