Regulation of complementary medicines in Australia

Closed/historical consultations and reviews

These documents remain on this website for historical reference.

• Required Advisory Statements for Medicine Labels - proposed update 4
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/meds/drrasmlup4.htm>
  closed 31 July 2008
• A discussion paper on regulation of extemporaneously prepared medicines in non-hospital pharmacies
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/meds/extempcomp2.htm>
  closed 23 May 2008
• Revised general requirements for tablets and capsules
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/tgo/drtgo78.htm>
  closed 7 March 2008
• Consultation on the adoption of Therapeutic Goods Order No. 77 – Microbiological standards for medicines
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/tgo/drtgo77.htm>
  closed 7 March 2008
• Update to definition of 'British Pharmacopoeia' under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 - adoption of British Pharmacopoeia 2008 (BP 2008)
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/legis/bp2008cons.htm>
  closed 25 January 2008
• Draft guidance document: Equivalence of herbal extracts
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/cm/drequiv.htm>
  closed 21 November 2007
• Draft guidance document: The use of modified unprocessed herbal and biological materials in complementary medicines
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/cm/drupnrocessed.htm>
  closed 21 November 2007
• Naming and regulatory approach for amino acids chelates, chelates and organic acid salts
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/cm/chelates.htm>
  closed 31 March 2007
• Second discussion paper: Improving access to Consumer Medicines Information (CMI) and Product Information (PI)
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/meds/accesspmi2.htm>
  closed 30 March 2007
• Update to definition of 'British Pharmacopoeia' under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 - adoption of British Pharmacopoeia 2007 (BP 2007)
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/legis/bp2007cons.htm>
  closed 2 March 2007
• Consultation (Draft) Regulation Impact Statement - An impact statement on the proposed amendments to the current regulatory system for herbal and homoeopathic medicines in Australia
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/cm/ris-herbal.htm>
  closed 15 August 2006
• Revision of the Australian code of good wholesaling practice for therapeutic goods for human use
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/consult/2006/cgwp-dr.htm>
  closed 11 August 2006
• Public access to information contained in ARTG entries for therapeutic goods
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/consult/2005/artgaccess.htm>
  closed 3 February 2006
• Implementation of the Government Response to the recommendations of the Expert Committee on Complementary Medicines in the Health System
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/cm/cmreport2.htm>
  February 2006
• Review of the need for further regulation of extemporaneous compounding
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/meds/extempcomp.htm>
  September 2005
• Australian Government response to the recommendations of the Expert Committee on Complementary Medicines in the Health System
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/cm/cmresponse.htm>
  March 2005
• A review of the regulation of head lice preparations in Australia
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/headlice.htm>
  July 2004
• Expert committee report: Complementary Medicines in the Australian Health System
  <http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/cmreport1.htm>
  October 2003