A recent US-UK deal that mandates a huge increase in medical expenses has sparked calls for Australia not to follow suit.

Posts online have raised concern over the use of the word “poison” in Western Australian legislation that has authorised the COVID-19 vaccine. However, poison is a generic legal term in Australia and ...

Australia’s drug approval system is under fire, with critics in the United States claiming it is too slow to approve life-saving medicines. Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration balances speed ...

The Australian government has begun its closely watched independent review of the health technology assessment (HTA) process in the country, and it delivered a first peek at what it will consider.

The Code sets a very high standard for the marketing and promotion of prescription medicines in Australia. The updated Code was developed in consultation with, and feedback from, consumer groups, peak ...

Ken Harvey attended Medicines Australia (MA) Code revision workshop as a representative of CHOICE but declined remuneration from MA for his time. He has been involved in prior MA Code revisions and ...

The Australian government delivered an early Christmas present to the biopharma industry in the form of a new National Medicines Policy giving voice to major industry goals – among them a clear vision ...

On average it takes 466 days from when a new medicine is declared safe and effective by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to when it is made available – and affordable – on the ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Health. Followed categories will be added to My News. It was revealed earlier this week that patients hadn’t been able to get their scripts filled and some were ...

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s drug regulator has fined a pharmaceutical company owned by the billionaire Sackler family over what it dubbed misleading advertising for one of its opioid painkillers, as the ...

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