The government is now operating in accordance with the Guidance on Caretaker Conventions, pending the outcome of the 2025 federal election.
Australian clinical trials are subject to regulation by us to ensure the safe use of unapproved goods for experimental purposes in humans. We regulate the use of therapeutic goods supplied in clinical trials in Australia under the therapeutic goods legislation.
The Australian clinical trial handbook provides guidance to clinical trial sponsors, Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs), investigators and approving authorities (institutions).
Information about clinical trials for consumers, health care providers, researchers, industry and sponsors is available on the National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) Australian clinical trials websiteAustralian clinical trials website.