Australia’s adverse events
January 18, 2013
IN 2011 the Therapeutic Goods
Administration received
approximately 14,400 adverse
event reports regarding medicines
in Australia.
The newly released figures are
part of the annual report prepared
by the TGA for incorporation into
the Department of Health and
Ageing publication Australian
Statistics on Medicines.
According to the figures, of the
14,400 adverse event reports, 52%
came from pharmaceutical
companies, 12% from hospitals, 7%
from GPs, 18% from State and
Territory Health Departments and
3% from consumers.
Interestingly 8% of adverse event
reportage came from other sources
including community pharmacists
and specialists.
In addition, the TGA estimated
that on average it received 1,200
reports per month in 2011.
Meanwhile, according to the TGA,
the spike in the number of adverse
events reported by companies in
2011 is attributed to a number of
factors, including a greater number
of drugs on the ARTG; and the
possibility that GPs are reporting
adverse events via sponsors, which
would also account for the slight
drop in the reporting rates for GPs.
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