The Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) was established under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.
The ARTG is a computer database of therapeutic goods. Therapeutic goods are divided broadly into two classes: medicines and medical devices. Unless exempt, medicines must be entered as either ‘registered’ or ‘listed’ medicines and medical devices must be ‘included’ before they may be supplied in or exported from Australia.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) carries out a range of assessment and monitoring activities to ensure therapeutic goods available in Australia are of an acceptable standard with the aim of ensuring that the Australian community has access, within a reasonable time, to therapeutic advances.
