Meds fast-tracks

THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has updated information around fast track approval pathways for prescription medicines.

The purpose of the fast track pathways is to get prescription medicines that treat serious and life-threatening conditions to patients earlier than normal, the TGA says.

Examples include cancers, stroke, HIV and some rare inherited disorders.

Two new fast-track processes have been implemented: priority review of prescription medicines enables approval up to three months earlier, and provisional approval allows for the approval of some medicines for a limited time while more information about them is collected - tga.gov.au.