Australia and New Zealand are working together to establish a trans-Tasman regulatory scheme for therapeutic products under a new agency known as the Australia New Zealand Therapeutic Products Authority (ANZTPA). The proposed joint regulatory scheme would safeguard public health and safety by regulating the quality, safety and effectiveness or performance of medicines (including complementary medicines) and medical devices, including their manufacture, supply, import, export and promotion.

http://www.anztpa.gov.au...

http://www.anztpa.gov.au/index.htm

This medicines guide has information on hundreds of medicines. Find out how various drugs are used, their side effects and any precautions you should be aware of for many prescription medicines. These consumer medicine information sheets are produced by the pharmaceutical manufacturer, as required by Australian law.

http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au...

http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcsite.nsf/pages/bhc_medicinesguide?OpenDocument

National Prescribing Service (NPS) provides information and resources about medicines.

http://www.nps.org.au...

http://www.nps.org.au/

Provides information for consumers and clinicians about improving the way patients get their medication by bringing the Commonwealth's Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme (PBS) to public hospitals.

http://www.health.vic.gov.au...

http://www.health.vic.gov.au/pbsreform/index.htm

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is a regulatory agency which carries out a range of assessment and monitoring activities to ensure that the therapeutic goods - medicines, medical devices, blood and tissue - available in Australia are of an acceptable standard whilst ensuring that the Australian community has access, within a reasonable time, to therapeutic advances.

http://www.tga.gov.au...

http://www.tga.gov.au/

Find out more about the PBS - including how much you will pay, how to save money on medicine and how to use medicine wisely. You can also find out more about the PBS Safety Net and PBS and compensation.

http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au...

http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/public/services/scripts/index.jsp