THERAPEUTIC GOODS - DEFINITIONS
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There are currently 15 names in this directory beginning with the letter T.
Tamper
Definition: Therapeutic goods are tampered with if: a. They are interfered with in a way that affects, or could affect, the quality, safety or efficacy of the goods; and b. The interference has the potential to cause, or is done for the purpose of causing, injury or harm to any person. As per: TGA

TEP
Definition: Tamper evident packaging As per: TGA

TGA
Definition: Therapeutic Goods Administration As per: TGA

TGACC
Definition: Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code Council As per: TGA

TGC
Definition: Therapeutic Goods Committee As per: TGA

TGO
Definition: Therapeutic Goods Order As per: TGA

Therapeutic good
Definition: Goods: (a) That are represented in any way to be, or that are, whether because of the way in which the goods are presented or for any other reason, likely to be taken to be: (i) For therapeutic use; or _ (ii) For use as an ingredient or component in the manufacture of therapeutic goods; or _ (iii) For use as a container or part of a container for goods of the kind referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii); or _ (b) Included in a class of goods the sole or principal use of which is, or ordinarily is, a therapeutic use or a use of a kind referred to in subparagraph (a)(ii) or (iii); _ And includes medical devices and goods declared to be therapeutic goods under an order in force under section 7, but does not include: (c) Goods declared not to be therapeutic goods under an order in force under section 7; or (d) Goods in respect of which such an order is in force, being an order that declares the goods not to be therapeutic goods when used, advertised, or presented for supply in the way specified in the order where the goods are used, advertised, or presented for supply in that way; or _ (e) Goods (other than goods declared to be therapeutic goods under an order in force under section 7) for which there is a standard (within the meaning of subsection 4(1) of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991); or _ (f) Goods (other than goods declared to be therapeutic goods under an order in force under section 7) which, in Australia or New Zealand, have a tradition of use as foods for humans in the form in which they are presented. _ As per: TGA

Therapeutic Goods Act (1989)
Definition: (the act) is administered by the TGA and provides a uniform national framework for import, export, manufacture and supply of therapeutic goods. As per: TGA

Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code Council
Definition: The broadly representative body of peak stakeholder groups, established in the Regulations to the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 to: (a) Consider the requirements for the advertising of therapeutic goods and changes to this Code, to accept submissions for this purpose and to advise the Minister accordingly; and _ (b) to make recommendations to the Minister for achieving greater uniformity in approval processes and standards for the advertising of therapeutic goods, _ Amongst other matters (as outlined in the Regulations). As per: TGA

Therapeutic use
Definition: Use in or in connection with: (a) Preventing, diagnosing, curing or alleviating a disease, _ailment, defect or injury in persons; or _ (b) Influencing, inhibiting or modifying a physiological process in persons; or _ (c) Testing the susceptibility of persons to a disease or ailment; or _ (d) Influencing, controlling or preventing conception in persons; or _ (e) Testing for pregnancy in persons; or _ (f) The replacement or modification of parts of the anatomy in _persons. _ As per: TGA

Topical
Definition: Applied to a certain area of the skin for a localised effect. As per: TGA

Traditional indications
Definition: Needs to show that the medicine or the relevant ingredients in the medicine have a significant history of use in the specified tradition for the specified therapeutic purpose. You are required to hold documentary evidence that your medicine or its active ingredient has been used for at least three generations (at least 75 years) in the tradition it belongs to. This will establish that it belongs to that tradition and that there is an accumulated repository of observations in humans that underpins the use of the medicine. As per: TGA

Traditional use
Definition: Use of a designated active ingredient that is well-documented, or otherwise established, according to the accumulated experience of many traditional healthcare practitioners over an extended period; and accords with well-established procedures of preparation, application and dosage. As per: TGA

TSE
Definition: Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. As per: TGA

Typical
Definition: That which reflects the characteristic of a group ie. a result obtained from the use of a product which would be likely to be attained by most people using the product within the audience to which the advertisement is directed. As per: TGA