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Australian Medicines Regulator Requests Information From Pfizer After ‘Falsified Data’ Allegation

November 9, 2021
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Australia’s medicines regulator, has sought more information from Pfizer after a respected medical journal alleged serious problems with its vaccine safety trials in the United States. The British Medical Journal’s report published on Nov. 2 is based on the allegations of a former employee of Texas-based Ventavia Research Group, a contractor…

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Australian State Forges Ahead with Reopening Despite Spike in COVID-19 Cases

October 15, 2021
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CCP virus numbers in Victoria remain at near-record highs with the state posting an average of 2,000 new daily infections in recent days. Dr. Mukesh Haikerwal, former president of the Victorian branch of the Australian Medical Association (AMA), told Nine News, “We’re expecting the peak [in COVID-19 cases] to be in a week or so, and…

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Australian Health Minister Confident Pfizer Will Be Approved for Children Aged 5 to 12

October 14, 2021
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The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine could soon be given double green light approval for use in Australian children aged 5 to 12. Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said the drug regulatory body, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) had given Pfizer provisional determination, allowing the company to speed up their application. “I think their application is likely…

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Australian Universities Push For Government to Approve Chinese Vaccines

September 28, 2021
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Australian universities are pressing the federal government to approve the two Chinese vaccines Sinovac and Sinopharm, after Australia’s drugs regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), said that it would be advising the government on Chinese and Indian vaccines soon. The regulator has so far approved Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, Moderna, and AstraZeneca. Citing the World…

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Australia Imposes New Restrictions on Prescribing Ivermectin for COVID-19

September 10, 2021
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Australia’s medicine and therapeutics regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), has introduced new restrictions on the prescribing of ivermectin for COVID-19 and other off-label use. The TGA, an agency under Australia’s Department of Health, announced that the changes were introduced “because of concerns with the prescribing of oral ivermectin for the claimed prevention or treatment of COVID-19.”…

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