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Here comes yet another new medicine for patients with MS
4 April 2022 - The TGA has approved Vumerity (diroximel fumarate). ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2022
COVID-19 vaccine weekly safety report (31 March 2022)
31 March 2022 - To 27 March 2022, the TGA has received 509 reports which have been assessed as likely to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Mar 2022
Drug trials a ‘ticking time bomb’: ex-TGA agent
28 March 2022 - A former TGA official who led the regulator’s inspections program has warned that a lack of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2022
ATAGI update following weekly COVID-19 meeting (23 March 2022)
28 March 2022 - ATAGI have provided recommendations on a winter booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine to increase vaccine protection ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2022
2022 seasonal influenza vaccines
25 March 2022 - The Australian Influenza Vaccine Committee has reviewed data related to epidemiology, antigenic and genetic characteristics of recent ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2022
ATAGI statement on recommendations on a winter booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine
25 March 2022 - ATAGI recommends an additional booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine to increase vaccine protection before winter for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2022
Leaked TRIPS proposal misguided about improving global COVID-19 vaccination rates
24 March 2022 - The leaked proposal on the waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines is misguided and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2022
Moderna finalises strategic partnership with Australian Government
23 March 2022 - On-shore manufacturing facility based in Melbourne, Australia, expected to produce up to 100 million mRNA respiratory ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2022
TGA approves new medicine for patients with multiple sclerosis
24 March 2022 - Ponesimod is a sphingosine 1 phosphate receptor 1 modulator. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2022
COVID-19 vaccine weekly safety report (24 March 2022)
24 March 2022 - To 20 March 2022, the TGA has received 485 reports which have been assessed as likely to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Mar 2022
Prescription medicines: new or extended uses, or new combinations of registered medicines (February 2022)
22 March 2022 - The TGA approved a new indication for 7 medicines and one vaccine in February. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Mar 2022
Hope for quadriplegics as ‘miracle treatment’ gets green light from regulator
21 March 2022 - In a major step forward for treating victims of paralysis, Australian regenerative medicine company Orthocell has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Mar 2022
Prescription medicines: applications under evaluation (March 2022)
22 March 2022 - The TGA has updated its list of applications for new medicines or new uses for existing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Mar 2022
ATAGI update following weekly COVID-19 meeting (16 March 2022)
21 March 2022 - An update from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) following their weekly meeting on 16 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Mar 2022
Australian cancer patients to get improved access to clinical trials
17 March 2022 - Australian cancer patients will get improved access to local clinical trials through a new public-private partnership ...