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The changing landscape of clinical trials in Australia
4 September 2023 - Examining the clinical trials landscape in Australia is important for governance and to expand knowledge about trial ...
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 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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Mar 2022
Medicines Australia welcomes reform efforts to speed up clinical trials
4 March 2022 - Australian patients will have improved access to clinical trials due to reforms to be introduced by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Dec 2021
Improvements to clinical trials will strengthen Australia’s economy and benefit patients
8 December 2021 - Clinical trials in Australia need improvements if we are to increase our global competitiveness says Medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2021
Clinical trial national approach will benefit patients and our economy
20 July 2021 - Medicines Australia welcomes the clinical trial ‘one-stop-shop’ consultation, recently announced by the Australian Commission on Safety ...
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 25 Nov 2020
Medical trial delays see Australians wait for rare disease treatment
25 November 2020 - Patients with rare diseases are entering ‘random lottery’ draws for clinical trials because Australia is too slow ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Nov 2020
Clinical Trial Exemption (CTX) scheme renamed as Clinical Trial Approval (CTA) scheme
6 November 2020 - The TGA has changed the name of the Clinical Trial Exemption (CTX) scheme to the Clinical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2020
CSL confirms UQ vaccine production, trials set for December
8 October 2020 - CSL says it is talking with partner organisations to help roll out doses of the University ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jul 2020
Australian vaccine trial starts today
13 July 2020 - Australian scientists are on track to deliver a COVID-19 vaccine this year, with the start on Monday ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2020
Medicines Australia welcomes support for national harmonisation of clinical trials
30 June 2020 - Medicines Australia welcomes the announcement from the Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt MP, during ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2020
COVID-19: researchers halt patient recruitment for hydroxychloroquine trial
28 May 2020 - Australian researchers have suspended patient recruitment in a major clinical trial of the controversial anti-malaria drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2020
Australians stick with malaria drug hydroxychoroquine trial
26 May 2020 - Australian researchers are pressing ahead with administering the controversial antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine in at least one ...