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Drug shortage crisis demands intervention, AMA warns, as patients struggle to secure medicines
20 January 2025 - There are more than 400 medicine shortages, and the country’s leading medical group blames it on ‘ad ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Oct 2024
Update on regulatory review of lecanemab for early Alzheimer's disease in Australia
17 October 2024 - Eisai announced today that the TGA of Australia issued a public statement about the initial decision ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2024
TGA's decision to not register lecanemab (Leqembi)
16 October 2024 - The TGA has made the decision not to register lecanemab (Leqembi) for the treatment of patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 May 2024
Protecting Australians from unsafe compounding of replica weight loss products
22 May 2024 - The Albanese Government is acting to protect Australians from the risks posed by injecting potentially unsafe ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Feb 2024
Regulator acts to close loophole enabling Australian pharmacists to make copycat Ozempic drug
29 February 2024 - The TGA will move to ban compounding pharmacists from making their own versions of injectable weight ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jul 2023
TGA decision on access to medical terminations
11 July 2023 - The Government welcomes the TGA’s decision to remove a number of restrictions on health professionals who ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jun 2023
TGA supports MHRA’s new international recognition framework for medicines
2 June 2023 - As a trusted regulatory partner, TGA is committed to support the new international recognition framework that MHRA ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2023
TGA approves pathway for more plasma donors
30 May 2023 - The Government welcomes the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s approval of a ‘plasma pathway’, allowing a larger pool of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2023
TGA’s new powers will help reduce the impact of medicine shortages on patients
24 March 2023 - From 22 March 2023, the TGA can approve the temporary import or supply of an overseas approved ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2023
Professor John Skerritt retirement
2 February 2023 - Today, Professor John Skerritt has announced his decision to retire from his position of Deputy Secretary ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Feb 2023
Changes applying to evaluation of new substances for listed medicines
1 February 2023 - The TGA has introduced Mandatory requirements for applications to vary the Permissible Ingredients Determination under section 26BD ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2023
Life sciences industry calls for better funding for medicine and technology regulator
31 January 2023 - The life sciences, health and medicine sectors have come together to call for improved funding of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jan 2023
TGA commences evaluation of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine (Spikevax) for potential transition to full registration
20 January 2023 - The TGA has commenced evaluation of an application from Moderna to transition its COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2023
The game-changing plan to cut barriers to medical abortion
16 January 2023 - A push is under way to make medical abortion more accessible across Australia by cutting down ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Nov 2022
An open letter to doctors from the TGA
28 November 2022 - The TGA welcomes feedback and is committed to continuously improving processes and communications. ...