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Report a medicine deficiency or defect

Deficiencies or defects of medicines thought to have arisen during manufacture, storage or handling can be reported to the TGA. Problems of this nature are usually found in a single batch of a product and may require laboratory investigation by the TGA laboratories.

How to access a pdf or Word document

This form is available in pdf and Microsoft Word formats. The pdf form can be filled in and saved to your computer using Adobe Reader version 7 or later or any version of Adobe Acrobat Standard or Professional. If you have an earlier version of Adobe Reader you can fill in the form on-screen and print it out but you will not be able to save the completed form.

• Medicine problem report form (pdf,45kb)
• Medicine problem report form (Microsoft Word,199kb)

Return completed forms to:

Medicine Problem Coordinator
Office of Product Review
Therapeutic Goods Administration
PO Box 100
WODEN ACT 2606

Report problems requiring urgent investigation by telephone and fax to the Office of Product Review:

• Phone: 02 6232 8180
• Fax: 02 6203 1616