Media releases & statements

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Current year TGA media releases & statements

• PIP breast implants - TGA update (18 May 2012)
• Quad (4 X Point) Walking Stick (17 May 2012)
• Riata and Riata ST Silicone cardiac leads - increased wear (17 May 2012)
• PIP breast implants - TGA update (11 May 2012)
• Improved search facilities from the eBS website (10 May 2012)
• PIP breast implants - TGA update (4 May 2012)
• Prominent Scientist and Regulator appointed new Head of TGA (2 May 2012)
• Consumer questions & answers - PIP breast implants (27 April 2012)
• PIP breast implants - TGA update (27 April 2012)
• PIP breast implants - TGA update (20 April 2012)
• TGA warns consumers about the use of Burmese medicines (16 April 2012)
• MITCH TRH Modular Head (used in hip replacements) - product cancellation (14 April 2012)
• PIP breast implants - TGA update (13 April 2012)
• EnTrust implantable cardiac defibrillators - battery problems (13 April 2012)
• PIP breast implants - TGA update (5 April 2012)
• PIP breast implants - TGA update (2 April 2012)
• Identification of batches of CSL human albumin manufactured after 25 January 2012 (30 March 2012)
• PIP breast implants - TGA update (30 March 2012)
• Information about weight loss product (29 March 2012)
• PIP breast implants - an updated Australian perspective (23 March 2012)
• Black and red salves in treating cancer (19 March 2012)
• PIP breast implants - TGA update (16 March 2012)
• TGA simplifies reporting system for medical device adverse events (14 March 2012)
• Women with PIP breast implants to receive subsidised MRI scans (10 March 2012)
• TGA approves release of cleared batches of ALBUMEX (10 March 2012)
• CSL Biostate powder for injection: Safety of albumin content (9 March 2012)
• PIP breast implants - TGA update (9 March 2012)
• Quarantining of CSL human albumin (4% and 20%) (8 March 2012)
• Xiyouji Qingzhi weight loss capsules (8 March 2012)
• Department of Health & Ageing, Red Cross Blood Bank: Clinical advice on ethylene glycol (8 March 2012)
• Update: Improving international cooperation between regulators (6 March 2012)
• Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants - TGA update (2 March 2012)
• Statins (2 March 2012)
• Update to testing results of PIP breast implants (2 March 2012)
• King warns against internet medicine purchases (1 March 2012)
• Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants - TGA update (24 February 2012)
• Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants - TGA update (17 February 2012)
• Avastin - counterfeit injections in the USA (17 February 2012)
• Update on TGA decision to cancel four prescription pain-killers (17 February 2012)
• Greenridge herbal liquid medicines: swapped labels (16 February 2012)
• Export Corporation penalised $3.1 million for importing and supplying products not on the ARTG (10 February 2012)
• Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants - TGA update (10 February 2012)
• Seasonal influenza vaccines 2012 (6 February 2012)
• 2012 seasonal influenza vaccines for use in children (6 February 2012)
• Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants - TGA update (3 February 2012)
• ANZTPA Implementation Ministerial Council communique (28 January 2012)
• Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants - TGA update (27 January 2012)
• Miraculous Evil Root tablets (24 January 2012)
• AdvanceMen capsules (20 January 2012)
• Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants - the Australian perspective (20 January 2012)
• Information regarding tests that have been conducted on silicone gel filled breast implants manufactured by Poly-Implant Prothese (PIP) (12 January 2012)
• Breast Implant Information Line - 1800 217 257 (7 January 2012)
• New information phone line for women concerned about their breast implants (7 January 2012)
• Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants - the Australian perspective (4 January 2012)
• Currently no evidence of increased rupture rate for PIP breast implants in Australia, further investigations ongoing (4 January 2012)
• Resignation of Dr Rohan Hammett (3 January 2012)

Historical media releases & statements

• TGA media releases & statements 2011
• TGA media releases & statements 2010
• TGA media releases & statements 2009
• TGA media releases & statements 2008
• TGA media releases & statements 2007

• Archived media releases & statements