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AMA call for mass upscaling of home-made drug manufacture
20 January 2021 - The Australian Medical Association has warned of a shortage of essential medications because of supply chain ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2021
Is Novavax the dark horse of Australia's COVID-19 vaccines?
19 January 2021 - Experts say early clinical data on Australia's third COVID-19 vaccine, Novavax, is promising enough to suggest ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2021
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine claims ‘not evidence-based’
19 January 2021 - Claims that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine prevents death “100 per cent of the time” are not ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2021
New labelling for antibiotics in Australia
19 January 2021 - The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia is to be applauded for changing the way pharmacists label the antibiotics ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2021
Health professionals warn Australia is struggling to deal with post-COVID-19 medication shortage
20 January 2021 - Australians with chronic health conditions are having to take drastic stop-gap measures because of a continuing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2021
Norwegian investigation of COVID-19 vaccination risks for elderly, very frail patients
17 January 2021 - In recent days the TGA has received reports of about 30 deaths in over 40,000 elderly individuals ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jan 2021
Regulation of software based medical devices
15 January 2021 - The TGA has updated its guidance on the regulation of software as a medical device. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Dec 2020
'Digital contraceptive' gets approval by Australian health authorities
15 December 2020 - A smartphone app can officially be used as a contraceptive tool by Australians after becoming the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2020
Australia secures 20 million extra Astra Zeneca vaccines
11 December 2020 - Australia secures 20 million extra Astra Zeneca vaccines for onshore manufacturing to cover entire population and a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2020
CSL, University of Queensland coronavirus vaccine trials halted
11 December 2020 - CSL and University of Queensland researchers knew of the potential for false HIV positives in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2020
Australian COVID vaccine terminated due to HIV ‘false positives’
11 December 2020 - A billion-dollar deal for the Morrison government to buy more than 50 million doses of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Dec 2020
Telix granted TGA priority review for prostate cancer imaging
7 December 2020 - Telix announces today that the Company’s preliminary application to the TGA for TLX591-CDx was made at ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2020
Access Consortium statement on COVID-19 vaccines evidence
4 December 2020 - The medicine regulators from Australia, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (Access Consortium) have discussed the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Dec 2020
Australia 'ahead of schedule' on COVID-19 vaccine plan
3 December 2020 - Australia could approve a COVID-19 vaccine almost two months ahead of schedule, the head of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2020
What the UK's COVID-19 vaccine means for Australia
2 December 2020 - The race for a COVID-19 vaccine appears to have hit the final stretch, with the UK ...