TGA – Government Watchdog or Drug Company Slave?

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Government Watchdog or Drug Company Slave?The

Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is a government body that has been given

a mandate to oversee research into both the safety and the effectiveness of all

drugs, medical procedures and vaccines licensed in Australia. It has many

divisions and departments (including ADRAC – the Adverse Drug Reactions

Advisory Committee), which are part of that oversight process. Many

times, when the safety of drugs, vaccines or any medical procedures are

questioned, the first response is – the government wouldn’t have allowed this

to be licensed if it weren’t first shown to be safe. While

one would like to think that this is the case, the question must be asked – how

independent can the TGA possibly be when they are funded through a process

known as ‘Cost Recovery’, meaning that drug company licensing fees provide all

of the TGA's licensing expenses? This could lead one to believe that the TGA -

a body which is supposed to be ensuring the safety of the Australian population

-is nothing more than a slave to their true masters - the pharmaceutical

companies of the world. Most

people might be under the impression that the TGA is a government-funded body

that provides independent testing of drugs and vaccines and only approves them

when they have been shown by rigorous and objective double-blind clinical

trials to be both safe and effective. In

actuality, the TGA is not funded to do this sort of testing. If anything, the

TGA may test to ensure that the ingredients that are listed on the

manufacturer’s package insert are actually in the product, but they do not

perform their own clinical trials for safety or effectiveness. When

it comes to safety and effectiveness, the TGA simply reviews and assesses the

information provided to them by the drug company that will be distributing and

profiting from this product. ............To read the rest of this article, please subscribe via http://avn.org.au/catalog/index.php?infoBox=0 & cPath=32

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