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COVID-19 vaccine weekly safety report
20 May 2021 - Six additional cases of blood clots with low blood platelets have been assessed as thrombosis with thrombocytopenia ...
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 13 May 2021
Pfizer warns that IP waiver for COVID-19 vaccines may invite ‘copycat medicines’
13 May 2021 - Company says removing intellectual property protections would make it ‘harder’ to make vaccines in the short term. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2021
Australia secures Moderna vaccines
13 May 2021 - The Australian Government has secured 25 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to further diversify our ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2021
Provisional determination granted to Pfizer in relation to COVID 19 vaccine (Comirnaty) - for use in individuals 12 years of age and older
13 May 2021 - On 11 May 2021, the Therapeutic Goods Administration granted a provisional determination to Pfizer Australia in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 May 2021
TGA approves Octapharma's Cutaquig
12 May 2021 - The TGA has deemed it to be a new biological entity. Others will beg to differ. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 May 2021
A shot at vaccine self-reliance via BioCina and University of Adelaide partnership
11 May 2021 - Australia could achieve total COVID-19 vaccine self-reliance within six months and produce enough synthetic vaccine to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 May 2021
International IP protection at risk for COVID-19 vaccines
11 May 2021 - The global biotech industry is united in its drive for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, but ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 May 2021
BMS withdraws application for Opdivo/Yervoy combination
11 May 2021 - Details revealed in new AusPAR. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 May 2021
Medicines Australia updated position on intellectual property (in light of TRIPS waiver)
6 May 2021 - Medicines Australia continues to express our sympathies to all those affected by the pandemic. The importance ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 May 2021
Australia has backed a global push to fast-track generic COVID-19 jabs
6 May 2021 - The Morrison government has joined an international push to fast-track the production of generic COVID-19 jabs, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2021
TGA approves new treatment for aggressive form of prostate cancer
5 May 2021 - The TGA has registered a new medication to treat a particularly aggressive and advanced type of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2021
Australia's TGA grants approval to first objective concussion diagnostic
4 May 2021 - Oculogica's EyeBOX is the only objective diagnostic cleared by the US FDA and Australia TGA as an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 May 2021
Doubt over local mRNA plans as major companies pull out of Australia
3 May 2021 - Vaccine development experts say it will take at least $250 million plus the support of a ...