The Therapeutic Goods Administration, or TGA is a division of the Australian Government Department of Health. The TGA is responsible for regulating therapeutic goods, like prescription medicines, vaccines, sunscreens, vitamins and minerals, medical devices, blood and blood products. For almost any of these products to be supplied in Australia, it must be registered with the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG).
The Therapeutic Goods Administration is responsible for ensuring therapeutic goods available in Australia are safe and fit for their intended use. Australians rely on many of these goods for daily use, including vitamin tablets, sunscreens, and goods used to treat serious conditions, such as prescription medicines, vaccines, blood products and surgical implants.
The TGA regulates the supply, manufacturing and advertising of:
- prescription medicines (prescribed by a doctor or dentist)
- Over the counter medicine
- General available medicines at the pharmacy or supermarket
- alternative medicines, including vitamins, herbal and traditional medicines
- medical devices, both simple and complex (i.e. from bandages to pacemakers)
- products used to test for various diseases or conditions (in vitro diagnostic devices), such as blood tests; and
- vaccines, blood products, and other biologics.
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