Therapeutic Goods Administration

Therapeutic Goods Administration
Agency overview
Formed1989 (1989)
JurisdictionAustralian Government
Employees750 (2016)[1]
Annual budgetA$170 million (2020–21)[2]
Agency executive
  • John Skerritt, Deputy Secretary, Health Products Regulation Group[3]
Parent departmentDepartment of Health and Aged Care
Websitetga.gov.au

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is the medicine and therapeutic regulatory agency of the Australian Government.[4] As part of the Department of Health and Aged Care, the TGA regulates the quality, supply and advertising of medicines, pathology devices, medical devices, blood products and most other therapeutics. Any items that claim to have a therapeutic effect, are involved in the administration of medication, or are otherwise covered by the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989, the Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990, or a ministerial order, must be approved by the TGA and registered in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.[5]

  1. ^ "Working for the TGA". Therapeutic Goods Administration. 15 April 2016. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Therapeutic Goods Administration Business Plan 2020–21" (PDF). Therapeutic Goods Administration. 2020. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Structure". Therapeutics Goods Administration. 16 October 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. ^ "TGA basics". Therapeutic Goods Administration. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  5. ^ "What the TGA regulates". Therapeutic Goods Administration. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

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