Annex A - Acronyms and abbreviations | Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)

Acronym/abbreviation	Meaning
ABS	Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACE	Annual Charge Exemption (Scheme)
ACMS	Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling
AMA	Australian Medical Association
ARTG	Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods
ASMI	Australian Self Medication Industry
BAU	Business-as-usual
CMI	Consumer Medicine Information
DoH	Department of Health
GMP	Good Manufacturing Practice
GP	General Practitioner
GSK	GlaxoSmithKline
MBS	Medicare Benefits Schedule
NDPSC	National Drugs and Poison's Committee
OBPR	Office of Best Practice Regulation
OTC	Over-the-counter
PBAC	Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee
PBS	Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
PGA	Pharmaceutical Guild of Australia
PI	Product Information
PSA	Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
QALY	Quality Adjusted Life Year
RASML	Required Advisory Statements for Medicine Labels
RBM	Regulatory Burden Measure
RIS	Regulation Impact Statement
SUSMP	Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons (legally known as 'the Poisons Standard')
TGA	Therapeutic Goods Administration

Annex A - Acronyms and abbreviations