Aussie doctors ‘less likely’ to get international drug safety warnings

The TGA issues fewer alerts on drug risks than its overseas counterparts, say researchers
Medicines

Australian doctors are less likely to receive official warnings about international drug safety concerns than their peers in key comparable countries, research suggests.

Researchers looked at 680 drug-related issues that prompted warnings from medicine watchdogs in at least one of four jurisdictions — Australia, the US, Canada or the UK — over a nine-year period.