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Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 4 (pt 2/2)
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may include an expert adviser.
MSAG means a Medicine Shortage Action Group, which:
 (a) is convened and coordinated by the TGA for a medicine or a group of related medicines that are, or are anticipated to be in shortage or discontinued; and
 (b) is comprised of healthcare professional peak bodies, consumer representative groups, and other key stakeholders relevant to the medicine.
national demand means the expected demand for a medicine for all the patients in Australia who take, or who may need to take the medicine.
NEMA means the National Emergency Management Agency, under the Home Affairs Department.
supply deficit means the shortfall in supply of a medicine, as a percentage of the expected demand for the medicine for all the patients in Australia who take, or who may need to take the medicine, over a specific period of time.
Therapeutic Goods Administration, or TGA, means the part of the Department known as the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
therapeutic goods information has the meaning given by subsection 61(1) of the Act.