Safety and shortages

Product safety

• Report a problem

  Understand why reporting issues with medicines and medical devices is important, and how to do it.

• Safety monitoring and information

  Understand the ways we work to ensure medicines and medical devices remain as safe and effective as possible. Access information on product safety topics.

• Adverse events

  Find out how to report adverse events for therapeutic goods, including side effects, and why it's important.

• Recalls and other market actions

  Learn about actions we take to protect the community when there’s a problem or potential concern with a therapeutic good.

• Shortages and supply disruptions

  Understand the actions we take when medicine and medical device shortages happen, and what you can do.

• Compliance and enforcement

  We monitor and enforce compliance with laws that regulate health products.