Shortage of migraine medication crushing for chronic pain patients

23 February 2024 - A migraine medication shortage has spread across the country, threatening to leave tens of thousands of ...

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Hormone replacement therapy patch shortages are having a big impact on the women who need them

4 November 2023 - Women are being thrust back into the most severe stages of menopause amid long-running national shortages of ...

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New rules for weight loss ‘wonder drug’ after regulator clamp down

23 September 2023 - Australia’s pharmaceuticals regulator has ushered in new rules for a diabetes drug, which is being hailed by ...

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‘A victim of its own success’: inside the great Ozempic shortage

26 May 2023 - The drug is approved in Australia to treat type 2 diabetes but people have flocked to it ...

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AstraZeneca vaccine discontinued by Federal Government

5 April 2023 - One of the first COVID-19 jabs offered to Australians has been quietly discontinued, the Federal Government has ...

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TGA’s new powers will help reduce the impact of medicine shortages on patients

24 March 2023 - From 22 March 2023, the TGA can approve the temporary import or supply of an overseas approved ...

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COVID-19 vaccine procurement review says rapid access to vaccines and treatments key to on-going protection of Australians

27 September 2022 - Medicines Australia welcomes the independent review of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine and treatment procurements by Professor Jane ...

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Halton review into vaccine and treatment procurement

27 September 2022 - Professor Jane Halton AO has handed to Government her independent review of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine and treatment ...

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'Long-term harm' for diabetics unable to access medication

8 September 2022 - Diabetic patients could need liver transplants down the line due to the shortage of a life-altering ...

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Australia secures new third generation monkeypox virus vaccine

4 August 2022 - The Albanese Government has secured 450,000 doses of the new third generation monkeypox virus vaccine by Bavarian ...

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Medicines industry working to minimise medicine supply shortages

22 July 2022 - Medicines Australia and the Generic and Biosimilars Medicines Association are deeply concerned about medicine shortages that ...

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Review into COVID-19 vaccine and treatment purchases

30 June 2022 - The Australian Government is undertaking an independent review of Australia’s vaccine and treatment procurements, led by former ...

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Locally made medicines

4 April 2022 - The Morrison Government is supporting new local jobs in Australia’s innovative medical sector and investing to secure ...

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Moderna finalises strategic partnership with Australian Government

23 March 2022 - On-shore manufacturing facility based in Melbourne, Australia, expected to produce up to 100 million mRNA respiratory ...

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Anxiety mounts for Australian patients as supply chain crunch hits another arthritis drug

14 February 2022 - Patients are reckoning with major shortages of a second rheumatoid arthritis drug in Australia, with manufacturing ...

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