TGA targets reporting
April 29, 2014
The Therapeutic Goods
Administration is looking to
produce online modules and
webinars educating health
professionals about post-market
safety monitoring of therapeutic
goods and reporting of adverse
events to medicines, vaccines and
medical devices.
The TGA tender said the preferred
completion date was 30 Jun.
There would be three packages,
the first of which would create
an online learning module about
pharmacovigilance and adverse
event reporting about medicines
and vaccines, with a target
audience of pharmacists and GPs.
These would be free to use and
offered through commonly used
learning portals, available until
December 2016, the TGA said.
The third package, also geared
towards pharmacists, looked at
developing a webinar delivered on
four occasions before 30 Jun.
The proposed modules would
include accreditation for CPD
points and were expected to
improve the quality and quantity of
adverse event reporting by health
professionals, the TGA said.
The TGA said on its website that it
received more than 12,000 reports
of suspected adverse events, with
about 40% from pharmaceutical
companies.
The Department had not replied
to queries about the tender’s
budget at time of writing.
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