TGA Advances Reforms with New Advisory Council
The Australian Government has appointed a group of eminent health care professionals to strategically guide the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) as it implements its blueprint for reform.
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16 November 2012
The Australian Government has appointed a group of eminent health care professionals to strategically guide the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) as it implements its blueprint for reform.
The Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, Catherine King, today announced the membership of the Australian Therapeutic Goods Advisory Council (ATGAC), to be chaired by Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Baggoley.
Ms King said the appointees were selected for their individual knowledge and extensive experience in the health system.
“Each member of the new ATGAC will contribute skills and knowledge in advancing the vital work of the TGA which is acknowledged as a world leader in the regulation of medicines and medical devices,” Ms King said.
“Over the next three years, the Council will give advice to the TGA on communication with the community and stakeholders, new management initiatives, and monitoring the TGA’s progress against its broader reform agenda.
“The new Council members bring expertise in areas as diverse as clinical practice, research, industry experience, business management, health consumer issues and public administration.
"The establishment of this Council is just one of the planned reforms agreed to in the report TGA reforms: A blueprint for TGA’s future, which places emphasis on the TGA operating in a more transparent and open environment,” Ms King said.
The TGA has a three-phase plan that details how and when the agreed reforms will be implemented and as part of this process the TGA will report on the progress of its reforms to the Council every six months.
The first meeting of the Council will be on 22 November 2012.
Details of the appointed members follows:
Australian Therapeutic Goods Advisory Council (ATGAC)
Chair
Prof. Chris Baggoley - Australia’s Chief Medical OfficerMembers
Dr John Aloizos - General PractitionerMs Lynelle Briggs - Commonwealth Association of Public Administrators and Managers Board member
Ms Karen Carey - Health Consumer Advocate
Mr Will DeLaat - Prescription Medicines
Prof. Stephen Graves - Orthopaedic surgeon
Prof. Claire Jackson - Professor in General Practice & Primary Health Care
Prof. Michael Kidd - Executive Dean of Health Sciences
Prof. Andrew McLachlan - Professor of Pharmacy
Ms Debbie Rigby - Consultant Clinical Pharmacist
Emeritus Prof. Lloyd Sansom - Emeritus Professor in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
Ms Juliet Seifert - OTC and complementary medicines/Quality use of medicines
Ms Anne Trimmer - Medical Devices
Prof. John Wakerman - Public Health Medicine Specialist and General Practitioner
Dr Janet Wale - Pharmacologist
For more information, contact the Parliamentary Secretary’s office on 02 6277 4230
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