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TGA reviewing COVID-19 tests to rule out issues diagnosing variants
24 February 2021 - Adjunct Professor John Skerritt has tasked the nation’s medical regulator with ensuring COVID-19 tests are successfully ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Feb 2021
TGA bans Pfizer, AstraZeneca brand mentions in COVID-19 vaccine advertising
24 February 2021 - Pharmacies, GPs and healthcare organisations will be banned from displaying advertisements identifying whether they are using ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Feb 2021
Medicines Australia statement on TGA’s provisional approval of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine
16 February 2021 - Medicines Australia welcomes the TGA’s decision granting provisional approval of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine, marking ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Feb 2021
TGA provisionally approves AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine
16 February 2021 - The Therapeutic Goods Administration has granted provisional approval to AstraZeneca for its COVID-19 vaccine, making it ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Feb 2021
COVID-19 vaccine shipment could arrive in Australia as early as next week
11 February 2021 - Coronavirus vaccines are a step closer to arriving in Australia after the European Commission formally approved ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Feb 2021
CSL confident it can make vaccine to cover variants, if needed
11 February 2021 - CSL is confident it can make an updated version of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to cover any ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Feb 2021
It will be six years before the world is vaccinated against COVID-19: experts
10 February 2021 - It will take six years to vaccinate enough of the world’s population to reduce the threat ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Feb 2021
Pfizer vaccine bound for Australia won’t be blocked
9 February 2021 - Europe will not delay the first doses of Pfizer vaccine bound for Australia despite moves to block ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Feb 2021
COVID-19 vaccine certificates to be available online within days of immunisation
8 February 2021 - Australians will have access to their COVID-19 immunisation certificates within days of receiving the vaccine, with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Feb 2021
TGA one of only five non-European regulators invited to participate on European committees on COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics
8 February 2021 - Australia, through the TGA, is one of only five non-European Union regulators formally invited to participate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2021
Investigation reveals no specific risk of COVID-19 vaccinations in elderly patients
2 January 2021 - On 14 January 2021 the TGA received reports of about 30 deaths in over 40,000 elderly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2021
COVID‑19 vaccines – are we there yet?
1 February 2021 - The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic, is a highly infectious human respiratory ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Feb 2021
CSL to deliver one million Australian-manufactured COVID-19 vaccines a week from the end of March
1 February 2021 - CSL, the nation’s biggest health company, has brought forward its first delivery of an Australian-produced COVID-19 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jan 2021
Medicines Australia’s position on potential European Union restrictions and vaccines supply
30 January 2021 - Medicines Australia is concerned by the reports of proposals from Europe that could impact the global ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2021
EU bans coronavirus vaccine exports to Australia
30 January 2021 - The European Commission has slapped an immediate export ban on coronavirus vaccines to Australia so European ...