Product information about prescription and consumer medicine is now being published on the Therapeutic Goods Administration website.
Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Mark Butler said the reform meant consumers would have easy access to information about prescription medicines included on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.
TGA launches information resource
“Consumers and care givers will be the big winners in this latest reform as they will now have easy access to these documents at a single point and know where to go to find authoritative and reliable information about a prescription medicine,” Mr Butler said.
The online Product Information and Consumer Medicine Information documents will start with over 200 prescribed medicines, with the rest being added progressively until completion early next year.
Mr Butler said the TGA was considered one of the top medicine regulators in the world, but that some of its activities had been criticised as being constrained and lacking transparency.
He said with the support from the Government, the TGA was now actively implementing reform initiatives to “enhance the regulatory framework for therapeutic goods.”
Mr Butler said other TGA reforms included improving timelines for the registration of prescription medicines and increasing the transparency of the regulatory process.
“This is an exciting time in the transformation of the TGA and I look forward to industry, health professional and consumer bodies working closely with the TGA and Government to advance transparency and accountability,” he said.
The information was available from www.tga.gov.au
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