ARTG search to find the official register and check an entry
Open the official ARTG search tool for Australia's therapeutic goods register. Check the entry category before you call the product TGA approved.
For an ARTG search, open the official ARTG Search Visualisation Tool. The Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods is the statutory register for compiling information about, and providing for evaluation of, therapeutic goods for use in humans, under section 9A of the Therapeutic Goods Act. Calling a product TGA approved doesn't settle the assessment pathway. The latest compilation on the legislation register is dated 5 September 2025.
If you're checking a product for procurement or a regulatory review, start with the exact product you need to assess. Check which register category the entry belongs to before interpreting a supplier's claim about TGA approval. A reference to the ARTG alone leaves that question open.
What the ARTG register contains
The register has five parts: registered goods, provisionally registered goods, listed goods, biologicals and medical devices. Section 9A(3) sets those parts out.
An ARTG entry is not necessarily a registered medicine. For an ARTG listing, check which of the five parts the entry is in.
Does an ARTG entry mean a product is TGA approved?
Don't treat the ARTG as one undifferentiated "TGA approved list". The Act sets different requirements for different pathways. For medicines, these three provisions show why a general reference to TGA approval needs a closer check:
| Medicine pathway | What the cited provision requires |
|---|---|
| Registration under section 25(1)(c) | Evaluation of whether quality, safety and efficacy have been satisfactorily established for the intended purposes. This provision excludes provisional-registration applications covered by paragraph (d). |
| Listing under section 26A | Applicant certifications include safety for the intended purposes and holding information or evidence supporting each proposed indication. |
| Assessed listing under section 26AE(1)(c) | Following preliminary assessment, evaluation of whether efficacy has been satisfactorily established for the intended purposes. |
Source: Therapeutic Goods Act, sections 25, 26A and 26AE.
The section 26A items are certifications by the applicant, not a finding that TGA independently evaluated every claim. But that does not mean listed medicines receive no scrutiny at any time.
How to use an ARTG search for a product check
Prepare the product name and the supplier details you already hold before opening the official tool. That page is the TGA search route for this register. Compare those details with the entry. A general claim that a supplier's products are on the register does not identify your product.
Keep the entry, the product, and the question you used it for. If the match is unclear, ask the supplier which product the entry documentation covers.
Apply the same caution to an ARTG number or certificate supplied with purchasing documents. Compare it with the actual entry, and establish which statutory pathway applies. An identifier on its own doesn't show how far the assessment went.
Requesting an ARTG entry copy
A request for an entry copy is distinct from searching the register. For more on these questions, see RegAffairs AI's discussion of ARTG searches and entry meaning.
Section 9C(1) allows the person in relation to whom goods are entered to request a copy in writing. That provision does not itself give every member of the public a certificate-download entitlement.