Daily pill looming for GLP-1 receptor agonists? Eli Lilly drafting TGA application
Eli Lilly is preparing a TGA application for an oral GLP-1 receptor agonist to treat early diabetes following publication of phase III trial results. The…
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Gilead chases TGA approval for twice-a-year HIV PrEP injection after FDA says yes
The US drug watchdog has approved a world-first biannual HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis injection, and the manufacturer has already lodged a TGA application. Gilead’s HIV-1 capsid…
Tirzepatide approved to treat sleep apnoea in patients with obesity
Tirzepatide is now TGA registered to treat moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with obesity. Drug maker Eli Lilly says tirzepatide (Mounjaro) is the…
‘Infuriating and dangerous’: Psychiatrist tries and fails to speak with his patients’ medicinal cannabis prescribers
Medicinal cannabis prescribers are failing to acknowledge concerned correspondence from patients’ regular doctors, a leading psychiatrist says. Professor Richard Harvey has routinely written to the doctors prescribing…
‘I’m a healer, not a dealer!’: GP on her dark times working for a medicinal cannabis telehealth clinic
Revelations that AHPRA knows of eight doctors who have collectively written 80,000 scripts for category 5 THC medicinal cannabis once again raise the obvious question.…
AMA demands suspension of high-THC medicinal cannabis
Doctors have “no reasonable justification” for prescribing medicinal cannabis that is 98% tetrahydrocannabinol, says the AMA, which wants these drugs suspended from the Special Access…
$4700-a-month treatment to slow Alzheimer’s disease gets TGA tick
The TGA has registered a $4700-a-month Alzheimer’s treatment to slow disease progression in patients with confirmed amyloid plaque in the brain and specific genetic profiles.…
Letting babysitters administer liquid risperidone a recipe for overdose errors, TGA warns
A series of accidental liquid risperidone overdoses in children last year often involved babysitters or extended family members administering the antipsychotic, the TGA has warned.…
Antidepressant scripts for kids: ‘We don’t have enough resources and services are scarce’
Social media and the cost of living are adding to the childhood mental health burden and the resultant rise in antidepressant prescribing, a child psychiatrist…
Assess mental health before prescribing isotretinoin: TGA safety update
The TGA has updated the safety warnings for isotretinoin, advising doctors to conduct mental health assessments before prescribing the acne drug. The update also says…
