Comparable Overseas Bodies (COBs)
Find information about using reports from Comparable Overseas Bodies for applications for listed, assessed listed and registered complementary medicines.
The TGA makes use of assessments from comparable overseas bodies, where possible, in evaluations for complementary medicines and listed medicines (e.g. sunscreens).
Our goal is to reduce duplicating evaluations that have already been approved by a COB and to shorten evaluation timeframes while maintaining existing quality, safety and efficacy standards for medicines supplied in Australia.
List of COBs
The current list of COBs is determined by the Secretary for the purposes of regulation 16GJ of the Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990. The list describes what COB evaluation reports can be submitted for the evaluation of applications for:
- registered complementary medicines
- assessed listed medicines
- substances for use as ingredients in listed medicines.