Complementary Medicines

Follow the links below to find information on complementary medicines and their regulation.

Reviewed September 2008

 

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Title:   The regulation of complementary medicines in Australia - An overview
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   In Australia, medicinal products containing herbs, vitamins, minerals, and nutritional supplements, homoeopathic medicines and certain aromatherapy products are referred to as 'complementary medicines'.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Australian Government response to the recommendations of the Expert Committee on Complementary Medicines in the Health System
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The high level review undertaken by the Expert Committee on Complementary Medicines in the Health System identified the need for the Australian regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration, to ensure that appropriate standards for all ingredients used in complementary medicines are legally enforceable and that the evidence required to be held by sponsors of complementary medicines to substantiate therapeutic claims be subject to more rigorous assessment.
Date:   Mar 2005
Title:   Expert Committee on Complementary Medicines in the Health System
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   In May 2003, to reassure the public and maintain confidence in Australia's reputation as a supplier of high quality and safe medicines, the Australian Government established the Expert Committee on Complementary Medicines in the Health System.
Date:   Oct 2003
Title:   Complementary Medicines Evaluation Committee (CMEC)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Complementary Medicines Evaluation Committee provides scientific and policy advice relating to controls on the supply and use of complementary medicines. The advice is provided with particular reference to safety, quality of products and where appropriate, efficacy relating to the claims made.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Analytical procedure validation for complementary medicines
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   These guidance documents describe the minimum approach considered to be acceptable to achieve validation of the test procedures used for complementary medicines (products) and starting materials for use in complementary medicines.
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   Australian regulatory guidelines for complementary medicines (ARGCM)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The content of the Australian Regulatory Guidelines for Complementary Medicines (ARGCM) is intended to reflect the current Australian requirements for the regulation of complementary medicines.
Date:   Nov 2005
Title:   Implementation of the Government Response to the recommendations of the Expert Committee on Complementary Medicines in the Health System
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   An audit of progress with implementing the Government Response was conducted to gain a clear indication of progress to date, to identify key stakeholders, and to inform the development of an Implementation Plan for further action. Areas with responsibility for implementing the Government Response, including the TGA, other areas of the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, were consulted.
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Arthritis: complementary therapies
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Many people, including those troubled by arthritis, are turning to alternative ways of alleviating the pain associated with their condition.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Forms for sponsors of complementary medicines
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Links to forms for sponsors of complementary medicines
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Application for an evaluation of a new complementary medicine substance
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This application form should be completed by or for each applicant who wishes the Complementary Medicines section of the TGA to assess whether a new complementary medicine substance should be permitted in listable or non-prescription registrable products.
Date:   Sep 2002
Title:   Regulation of complementary medicines
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This page provides links to resources of relevance to complementary medicines.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Medicines regulation and the TGA
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This document provides a general introduction to the regulatory process for medicines in Australia. It is designed to help you determine whether your product is likely to be regulated by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
Date:   Sep 2004
Title:   Submission to the Complementary Medicines in the Australian Health System: Report to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing, September 2003
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF's response to the Complementary Medicines Expert Committee Report
Date:   Feb 2004
Title:   Medicines definitions
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Australian medicines definitions for: Prescription medicines; Non prescription (OTC) medicines; Listed medicines; Complementary medicines.
Date:   Aug 1999
Title:   Complementary Medicines - how safe are they?
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   Although complementary medicines are regulated, consumers need to know more about them before they can make responsible decisions about using them wisely and safely.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Expert committee report: Complementary Medicines in the Australian Health System
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   To help inform the Government's response and to enable a wide input of views on the Expert Committee's findings and recommendations, the Parliamentary Secretary has released the Report for stakeholder consultation. The consultation period closed on 30 January 2004.
Date:   Oct 2003
Title:   Questions and answers on compositional guidelines
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Complementary Medicine Questions and Answers on Compositional Guidelines
Date:   Oct 2003
Title:   Fact sheet - Codex
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The proposed Codex Guidelines on Vitamin and Mineral Supplements will NOT apply in Australia and will have NO IMPACT on the way these types of products are regulated in Australia.
Date:   May 2005
Title:   Guidelines for levels and kinds of evidence to support indications and claims
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   These guidelines have been developed to assist sponsors in determining the appropriate evidence to support indications and claims made in relation to Listable medicines. In particular, they relate to complementary medicines, sunscreens and other Listable medicines.
Date:   Sep 2001
Title:   Media release - TGA alert on a consumer level recall of a complementary medicine - Nature's Own Zinc + B6 Magnesium
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Australia's medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), advises consumers that Mayne Consumer Products is conducting a consumer level recall of some batches of its product Nature's Own Zinc + B6 Magnesium.
Date:   May 2004
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