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New contraceptive pill: ‘safer’ Slinda pill with no blood clot risk, no periods available in Australia
8 August 2021 - A new generation contraceptive pill with no blood clot risks, that can be used by almost all ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2021
Lupus drug will be ‘game changer’
5 August 2021 - The first targeted treatment for the debilitating auto-immune condition lupus could soon be available in Australia after ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Mar 2021
Terminal cancer patients denied new treatments due to slow TGA approval
31 March 2021 - Desperate cancer patients are begging Australia’s drugs regulator to save lives by speeding up approvals and cutting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2021
TGA to rule on psychedelic drug access for mental health problems
28 January 2021 - A group of prominent Australians is continuing to push for greater access to psychedelic drugs to ...
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 10 Nov 2020
Mirum Pharmaceuticals broadens Expanded Access Program for maralixibat in Alagille syndrome to Europe and Australia
5 November 2020 - Maralixibat Expanded Access Program now available for patients with pruritus associated with Alagille syndrome in Australia and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2020
Inquiry into approval processes for new drugs and novel medical technologies in Australia
19 August 2020 - Following a referral on 13 August 2020 from the Minister for Health, The Hon Greg Hunt ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2020
Scott Morrison announces free COVID-19 vaccines for Australians, backtracks on ‘mandatory’ comments
19 August 2020 - Prime Minister Scott Morrison has backtracked on comments that a free COVID-19 vaccine would be ‘as mandatory ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2020
Australia 'close' to gaining access to Oxford's promising COVID-19 vaccine
16 August 2020 - The Morrison government is close to striking an international deal to domestically produce a vaccine to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2020
Clive Palmer’s coronavirus newspaper ad slammed as ‘dangerous’ and ‘misleading’
28 April 2020 - Clive Palmer has taken out a massive three page advertisement in the Herald Sun this morning, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Australia to get virus ‘miracle drug’ soon
2 April 2020 - Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced he has struck a deal to get a “miracle drug” touted ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2020
COVID-19: existing drugs may be key to vaccine
26 March 2020 - Repurposing existing drugs to tackle the coronavirus has key advantages over developing a therapy from scratch: ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2020
Dentists banned from prescribing potential COVID-19 drug to self, family
24 March 2020 - The Australian government has rushed through an emergency regulation banning dentists from prescribing an arthritis drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Oct 2019
STA to market sarcoma drug in Australia, New Zealand and SE Asia following license deal
14 October 2019 - Specialised Therapeutics now filing for TGA approval. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jul 2019
These two brothers are living healthier lives, thanks to gene therapy
3 July 2019 - It has taken decades of work and billions of dollars, but Australia is now entering an ...