address a medicine shortage or unavailability of a medicine included, or previously included, in the ARTG
OR
allow early access to a medicine under evaluation for inclusion in the ARTG.
Note: You do not need to be the sponsor of the medicine that is unavailable or in short supply to make an application. However, you do need to be in a position to advise the TGA about the availability of the medicine included in the ARTG.
Once approval has been granted, the section 19A approval holder is the sponsor of that medicine and is required to adhere to the obligations of sponsors. Ensure that you are capable of adhering to these obligations before applying for approval to import and supply medicines under section 19A.
Often it will be sufficient for the Secretary to grant only one person a section 19A approval to address a specific medicine shortage.
