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Why a decades old TB vaccine is getting attention in the fight against COVID-19
14 April 2020 - In the desperate search for ammunition to fend off the COVID-19 pandemic, a decades old tuberculosis ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Ebola drug leads treatment race
13 April 2020 - A failed Ebola drug is emerging as the treatment of choice for COVID-19 after Australian scientists ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Apr 2020
Cows come home for CSL in COVID-19 vaccine battle
8 April 2020 - It sounds like a pitch for a sci-fi thriller — using genetically modified cows to fight ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Apr 2020
Submissions on whether the TGA should publish that a prescription medicine is under evaluation
8 April 2020 - Between 15 February and 29 March 2019, the TGA sought comments from interested parties on the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2020
Read about a new COVID-19 treatment study? It probably won't work.
6 April 2020 - Most new drugs that show promise as potential COVID-19 cures will not end up working, scientists ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2020
COVID-19: CSL joins global hunt for vaccine
6 April 2020 - Biotechnology company CSL has weighed into the global race to fight the coronavirus by partnering with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2020
Amendments to the new restrictions on prescribing hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
6 April 2020 - On 24 March 2020, new restrictions came into effect limiting the health practitioners who could initiate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2020
Australian scientists discover head lice drug kills coronavirus in lab
4 April 2020 - Melbourne researchers say an anti-parasitic drug commonly used to combat head lice has been found to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2020
CSIRO scientists in Australia start testing potential coronavirus vaccine on ferrets
2 April 2020 - Ferrets have been injected with two trial vaccines for coronavirus at CSIRO’s Geelong animal testing laboratory to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Australia to get virus ‘miracle drug’ soon
2 April 2020 - Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced he has struck a deal to get a “miracle drug” touted ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2020
TGA publishes another AusPAR for Opdivo (nivolumab)
31 March 2020 - First apparent TGA rejection for nivolumab. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2020
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 ...