Who we are and what we do

As part of the Department of Health, the TGA safeguards and enhances the health of the Australian community through effective and timely regulation of therapeutic goods.

Video: About the Therapeutic Goods Administration
A short video to take you through who we are and what we do.
What the TGA regulates
The TGA is responsible for regulating the supply, import, export, manufacturing and advertising of therapeutic goods.
What the TGA does not regulate
Information about services and products the TGA does not regulate.
How the TGA regulates
The TGA regulates therapeutic goods through: pre-market assessment, post-market monitoring and enforcement of standards, licensing of Australian manufacturers and verifying overseas manufacturers' compliance with the same standards as their Australian counterparts.
TGA regulatory framework
The TGA takes a risk-based approach to regulation.
Treatment of information provided to the TGA
Information that is provided to TGA, such as personal, business or commercially confidential information, is treated as official information.
About the work of the TGA - a risk management approach
Risk information is used by the TGA when deciding whether to approve a medication for supply and the conditions that might be imposed on that approval.
A history of therapeutic goods regulation in Australia
The TGA today represents the product of a long history of evolution of therapeutic products regulation in Australia.

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