The Australian Drug Evaluation Committee (ADEC) was formed in 1963 and given the role of providing independent, scientific advice on new drugs, within the policy framework of the time, to the Federal Government.

Historical information

• History of ADEC
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/adec_history.htm>
  1963 - 2009
• ADEC resolutions
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/adec/adecrecs.htm>
  February 1998 - December 2009
• Prescribing Medicines in Pregnancy, 4th edition
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/medpreg.htm>
  1999
• ADEC summary statement on HRT
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/hrtadec3.htm>
  16 April 2004
• Update to ADEC statement on use of hormone replacement therapy
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/hrtadec2.htm>
  17 October 2003
• ADEC statement on use of hormone replacement therapy
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/hrtadec.htm>
  14 August 2003