For the first time, Australians have access to CSL Inc.’s Vazkepa (icosapent ethyl/Vascepa) for managing cardiovascular disease more than a decade after the drug was first approved in the U.S.
China’s National Medical Products Administration wrapped up a revision of its device classification procedures, providing entries into one of the world’s largest markets a mechanism for obtaining means for determining the risk of a novel device type.
Australia is the skin cancer capital of the world, but with a shortage of dermatologists, patients often wait too long to get skin checks that could end up costing them their lives.
Australia is the skin cancer capital of the world, but with a shortage of dermatologists, patients often wait too long to get skin checks that could end up costing them their lives.
Australia’s Health Department has released the final report of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Review that makes 50 recommendations for improving access to new health technologies while tackling inequity, simplifying HTA processes and making it easier for consumers and clinicians to participate.
Australia’s Health Department has released the final report of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Review that makes 50 recommendations for improving access to new health technologies while tackling inequity, simplifying HTA processes and making it easier for consumers and clinicians to participate.
All patients dosed in a phase IIa trial with Tryptamine Therapeutics Ltd.’s (Tryp) oral psilocybin (TRP-8802) trial reported an improvement in fibromyalgia pain severity, sleep, and pain interference.
All patients dosed in a phase IIa trial with Tryptamine Therapeutics Ltd.’s (Tryp) oral psilocybin (TRP-8802) trial reported an improvement in fibromyalgia pain severity, sleep, and pain interference.
TGA opened a consultation for regulation of assistive technologies, a key element of which is to make determinations about the regulatory status of some of these products. While the agency makes clear that some items that are currently unregulated may soon be subject to regulation, one of the more innocuous-seeming articles that may fall under regulation is the common and seemingly innocuous wig.
In the wake of shortages for Novo Nordisk A/S’ Ozempic (semaglutide), Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced that Wegovy, which has the same active ingredient, is now available in Australia and is advising prescribers to stop prescribing Ozempic off-label for weight loss.
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