TGA criticised over lack of safety warnings

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Article in NewsGP about medication warnings from the TGA and inbuilt GP software.

Questions have been raised over the way Australia’s therapeutic regulator is informing doctors and patients about potentially dangerous drugs.

Period	7 May 2019

Title	TGA criticised over lack of safety warnings
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	News G{
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	Australia
Date	7/05/19
Description	Questions have been raised over the way Australia’s therapeutic regulator is informing doctors and patients about potentially dangerous drugs. The criticism stems from a comparative analysis of how often medicines regulators in four countries – Australia, Canada the US and the UK – issued safety advisories about the same potential health risks. The study, which examined notifications issued between 2007 and 2016, revealed major discrepancies in the way potential safety warnings were disseminated in each country, with Australia seemingly lagging in many areas. ‘The Therapeutic Goods Administration [TGA] issued safety warnings on less than 30% of the issues identified by regulators in Canada, the US and the UK,’
Producer/Author	Matt Woodley
URL	https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/tga-criticised-over-lack-of-safety-warnings
Persons	Mark Morgan