The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has quietly announced that from 1 September 2023, printed product information (PI) inserts won’t be required in the packaging of injectable medicines administered by health professionals.
I repeat, no printed product information inserts will be required for injectables, such as vaccines!
PI will only be available on the TGA website, which is notoriously difficult to navigate.
This change affects injectable products administered by health professionals. Including nurses, pharmacists and doctors. Vaccines are an example of injectable medicines administered by health professionals.
The TGA says this decision follows public consultation and feedback from stakeholders, including industry and health professionals.
I repeat: stakeholders and industry…
Informed consent requires information, but the information is being further removed from patients.
Another sad day for trust and transparency in medicine.