Alerts/Advisories
- Medicines alerts/advisories
- Safety Alert Broadcast System (SABS)
Its aim is to provide a systematic approach to the distribution and management of patient safety information to NSW health services. - Pharmacy Labourforce Profile NSW, 2007 This profile provides statistics on pharmacists registered with the Pharmacy Board of NSW in 2007. (Department of Health, NSW Government)
Australian
- Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods The Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) was established under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989. The ARTG is a computer database of therapeutic goods.
- TGA - Regulation of Complementary Medicine Complementary medicines are also known as "traditional" or "alternative" medicines. Examples include vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements and herbal, aromatherapy and homoeopathic products.
- The New South Wales Therapeutic Advisory Group (NSW TAG)
NSW Therapeutic Advisory Group (NSW TAG) represents experts in drug therapy from the teaching hospitals in NSW and includes information on controversial therapies. - Therapeutic Goods Administration The TGA carries out a range of assessment and monitoring activities to ensure therapeutic goods available in Australia are of an acceptable standard with the aim of ensuring that the Australian community has access to therapeutic advances.
International
- European Medicines Agencies The mission of the European Medicines Agency is to foster scientific excellence in the evaluation and supervision of medicines, for the benefit of public and animal health.
- Health Canada Health Canada plays an active role in ensuring that you have access to safe and effective drugs and health products
- Herbal medicines regulation and safety (MHRA)
Provides general and product specific safety advice on herbal medicines and outlines the different regulatory requirements for companies wishing to place herbal medicines on the market. - Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) The MHRA regulates a wide range of materials from medicines and medical devices to blood and therapeutic products/services that are derived from tissue engineering. This section helps describe how the MHRA manages each of these products, including the use
- New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (Medsafe) This site provides information on the regulation of medicines and medical devices in New Zealand and the safe use of medicines.
- US Food & Drug Administration (US FDA) As a regulatory agency, FDA publishes rules that establish or modify the way it regulates foods, drugs, biologics, cosmetics, radiation-emitting electronic products, and medical devices--commodities close to the daily lives of all Americans. FDA rules hav
Organisations
- Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF) partnership between regulatory authorities and regulated industry, the GHTF is comprised of five Founding Members: European Union, United States, Canada, Australia and Japan
- Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention and Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PIC/S) The Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention and Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (jointly referred to as PIC/S) are two international instruments between countries and pharmaceutical inspection authorities, which provide together an active and c
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based




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