New TGA advisory council
November 19, 2012
THE Australian Government has
appointed a team of health care
professionals to form the new
Australian Therapeutic Goods
Advisory Council (ATGAC).
Chaired by Australia's Chief
Medical Officer, Professor Chris
Baggoley, the ATGAC will, over the
next three years, give advice to the
TGA on communication with the
community and stakeholders, new
management initiatives, and
monitoring the TGA’s progress
against its broader reform agenda.
“The new Council members bring
expertise in areas as diverse as
clinical practice, research, industry
experience, business management,
health consumer issues and public
administration,” said Parliamentary
Secretary for Health and Ageing,
Catherine King.
Members of the group include: Dr
John Aloizos, GP; Lynelle Briggs,
Commonwealth Association of
Public Administrators and Managers
Board member; Karen Carey, health
consumer advocate; Will DeLaat,
prescription medicines; Prof.
Stephen Graves, orthopaedic
surgeon; Prof. Claire Jackson,
Professor in general practice &
primary health care; Prof. Michael
Kidd, Executive Dean of Health
Sciences; Prof. Andrew McLachlan,
Professor of Pharmacy; Debbie
Rigby, Consultant Clinical
Pharmacist; Emeritus Prof. Lloyd
Sansom, Emeritus Professor in
Pharmacy and Medical Sciences;
Juliet Seifert, OTC medicines/
Quality use of medicines; Anne
Trimmer, Medical Devices; Prof.
John Wakerman, public health
medicine specialist and GP; and
Dr Janet Wale, Pharmacologist.
“The establishment of this
Council is just one of the planned
reforms agreed to in the report TGA
reforms: A blueprint for TGA’s future,
which places emphasis on the TGA
operating in a more transparent and
open environment,” said King.
According to the TGA, the agency
has a three-phase plan that details
how and when the agreed reforms
will be implemented and as part of
this process it will report on the
reforms progress to the Council
every six months.
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