TGA approved terminology for medicines
'Australian Approved Names'
1 March 2001
The TGA has developed and maintains lists of Australian approved terminology, to ensure accuracy and consistency in the information compiled in the ARTG. For medicines, the lists cover substances (active ingredients and excipients), containers, dosage forms, routes of administration and units of expression and proportion. These lists are reproduced in this publication.
Australian approved terminology has been developed by the TGA as no single internationally agreed list or primary reference is available which covers comprehensively all substances or terms used, or likely to be used in therapeutic goods in Australia.
TGA approved terminology for medicines - Full document & amendments
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- TGA approved terminology for medicines (July 1999) - full document as at July 1999 (pdf,2.67Mb)
- TGA approved terminology for medicines (July 1999) - amendments to 6 March 2001 (pdf,347kb)
TGA approved terminology for medicines - individual sections
Chapter 1 - Australian approved names for therapeutic substances
Contents, introduction and general information
- Contents, introduction, general information (July 1999) (pdf,249kb)
- Table of contents (amendments to 6 March 2001) (pdf,233kb)
1. Chemical substances
- 1. Chemical substances (July 1999) (pdf,931kb)
- 1. Chemical substances (amendments to 6 March 2001) (pdf,261kb)
2. Biological substances
- 2. Biological substances (July 1999) (pdf,485kb)
- 2. Biological substances (amendments to 6 March 2001) (pdf,240kb)
3. Herbal substances
Chapter 2 - Australian approved terms for use in the completion of applications for the registration or listing of therapeutic goods
- Container types, Dosage forms, Routes of administration, Units and expressions of proportion (July 1999) (pdf,491kb)
- Container types, Dosage forms, Routes of administration, Units and expressions of proportion (amendments to 6 March 2001) (pdf,231kb)
Application forms for proposing names
- Australian device name (ADN) nomination form
- Application form for proposing a botanical name for a herb (AHN)
- Application form for proposing a herbal substance name (AHS)
- Application form for proposing a herbal component name (HCN)
- Application form for proposing a chemical name (AAN and chemical PRV) (pdf,23kb)
- Application form for proposing a biological name (ABN and biological PRV) or term (pdf,27kb)
- Application form for proposing a plant food name (AFN) (pdf,14kb)
- Application form for proposing a Label-AAN (for all name types) (pdf,11kb)
- Application form for proposing approved name(s) be added to a Label-AAN group (all name types) (pdf,11kb)
Content last updated: Tuesday, 6 March 2001
Content last reviewed: Tuesday, 6 March 2001
Web page last updated: Monday, 2 May 2011
URL: http://www.tga.gov.au/industry/medicines-approved-terminology.htm