We speak with Gillian Mitchell, First Assistant Secretary of the Regulatory Practice and Support Division at TGA and learn about: the role of TGA what a therapeutic good is the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted operations at TGA accessing unapproved therapeutic goods like medicinal cannabis This podcast series is presented by the SME Assist team at TGA.  SME Assist is a dedicated service that TGA offers to help small to medium enterprises (SMEs), researchers, start-ups and those unfamiliar with regulation to understand their regulatory and legislative obligations. You can find more information about TGA and SME Assist at www.tga.gov.au/sme-assist and through our social media channels or contacting us directly. Phone:            1800 020 653 Email:              sme.assist@tga.gov.au Social Media: https://www.tga.gov.au/social-media TGA BLOG:      https://www.tga.gov.au/blogs/tga-topics   Links and useful information TGA website tga.gov.au The ARTG https://tga-search.clients.funnelback.com/s/search.html?query=&collection=tga-artg What is a therapeutic good? https://www.tga.gov.au/what-are-therapeutic-goods Software based medical devices https://www.tga.gov.au/regulation-software-based-medical-devices Risk based approach to regulation https://www.tga.gov.au/tga-regulatory-framework#risk Special Access Scheme (unapproved goods) https://www.tga.gov.au/form/special-access-scheme Authorised Prescribers (unapproved goods) https://www.tga.gov.au/form/authorised-prescribers Medicinal cannabis https://www.tga.gov.au/medicinal-cannabis Advertising hub https://www.tga.gov.au/hubs/advertising-therapeutic-goods Compliance and enforcement hub https://www.tga.gov.au/hubs/compliance-and-enforcement COVID-19 landing page https://www.tga.gov.au/collection/covid-19   Host: Dr Jayne Foster Guest: Gillian Mitchell