COVID-19
Provisional determination for new COVID treatment
Sabizabulin’s sponsor can now seek provisional registration for the treatment of COVID-19, says the TGA The Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced that it has granted a provisional determination to Adjutor …
COVID: Why we’re doing so badly
Australia’s response to COVID in the first 2 years was one of the best in the world. Why do we rank so poorly now? ask Michael Toole and Brendan Crabb …
Approval extended
Novavax now approved for adolescents, TGA announces The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has announced it has provisionally approved the Biocelect (on behalf of Novavax) COVID-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid, for use in …
‘The result will be a lot of people not testing at all.’
Stakeholders from Chemist Warehouse all the way through to the RACGP are begging the Federal Government not to end the concessional RAT program this month as planned A Chemist Warehouse …
Winter booster expanded
The eligibility for a winter dose of COVID-19 vaccine has been expanded, in a move welcomed by the Pharmacy Guild The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has updated its …
TGA reports on Covid vax numbers, fatalities
Here’s some of the key statistics and findings from the TGA’s latest COVID-19 vaccine safety report, including reports of myocarditis, pericarditis and rare fatalities The Therapeutic Goods Administration confirms 13 …
When RAT-testing for COVID, should you also swab your throat?
Should we also be using our rapid antigen test (RAT) to swab our throat, as some social media sources suggest? asks Thea Van De Mortel of Griffith University We’re now …
Provisional approval for kids’ booster
Pfizer’s Comirnaty has been provisionally approved as a booster shot for 12 to 15 year olds But the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation says it does not currently recommend …
Govt ‘out of excuses’ on vax pay
Pharmacists have welcomed the TGA’s provisional approval of the Moderna vaccine for children aged six and up – but are calling for an end to the “insulting” pay gap Health …