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Regulator acts to close loophole enabling Australian pharmacists to make copycat Ozempic drug
29 February 2024 - The TGA will move to ban compounding pharmacists from making their own versions of injectable weight ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2022
TGA ‘knowingly putting pharmacists in serious danger’
18 January 2022 - The pharmacists’ union has accused the medical regulator of putting workers and customers at risk of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 May 2021
TGA considering changing storage rules of Pfizer jab, could allow Aussies to get dose at GPs or pharmacists: Hunt
20 May 2021 - Australians could get access to the Pfizer jab through GPs or pharmacists, on top of state-run ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2021
TGA weighs over the counter contraceptive pill plan
17 May 2021 - The nation’s medicines regulator is looking at a plan to give Australians more freedom to access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Mar 2021
New legislation to support medicine substitutions
5 March 2021 - New legislation has been passed to allow pharmacists to substitute a different medicine when a patient's ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Dec 2020
Over-the-counter access to low dose cannabidiol
15 December 2020 - Today the Therapeutic Goods Administration announced a final decision to down-schedule certain low dose cannabidiol preparations ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2020
Stop panic buying medicines: pharmacists warn
4 March 2020 - The Pharmacy Guild has warned Australians panic buying of medicines will only make existing supply issues ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2017
Chemists accused of putting profits ahead of patient safety in codeine prescription row
18 October 2017 - Chemists are putting profits ahead of patient safety as they try to fight new rules that ...