New council to advise TGA
July 17, 2012
THE government yesterday
announced the establishment of a
new Australian Therapeutic Goods
Advisory Council, which will
“provide broad strategic advice to
the Therapeutic Goods
Administration, with an emphasis
on improving communications
between the regulator and its key
stakeholders”.
Parliamentary secretary for
Health and Ageing, Catherine King,
said the council would comprise up
to 12 members providing expert
advice from consumers, health
professionals and industry.
It will be chaired by Chief Medical
Officer, Prof Chris Baggoley, and its
membership is likely to be finalised
by early September, with a view to
its first meeting held in the last
quarter of 2012.
King said that while the TGA was
regarded internationally as a worldleading
regulator, but was
perceived by some in Australia as
being “too inaccessible”.
“The government is determined
to change that and I know the TGA
also wants to make its vital work of
safeguarding the health of
Australians more transparent”.
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