Therapeutic Goods Administration
Organization in Government
Therapeutic Goods Administration has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Tim Ferriss Show. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Tania de JongAustralian entrepreneur, singer and co-founder of Mind Medicine Australia
De Jong believes the testimony of a widow, more than David Nutt's science presentation, was decisive in persuading TGA staff.
“I think it was the fact that people could see a real life example”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #883: How to Legalize Medical Psychedelics in Your Country — Tania de Jong on The Playbook Behind Australia's World-First Breakthrough (Sep 18, 2026) · Listen from 1:25:31
De Jong argues that a key argument to the TGA was that inaction itself carried risk because treatment-resistant patients might take their own lives.
“one of the arguments that was really important for the Therapeutic Goods Administration was there's a risk to not doing anything”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #883: How to Legalize Medical Psychedelics in Your Country — Tania de Jong on The Playbook Behind Australia's World-First Breakthrough (Sep 18, 2026) · Listen from 43:33
De Jong says the final rescheduling consultation drew over 13,000 public submissions, with more than 98% in support.
“over 13,000 Australians supported this submission through public submissions to our Therapeutic Goods Administration supporting the medicine”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #883: How to Legalize Medical Psychedelics in Your Country — Tania de Jong on The Playbook Behind Australia's World-First Breakthrough (Sep 18, 2026) · Listen from 13:59
Podcasts
- The Tim Ferriss Show · 1 episode
Episodes
#883: How to Legalize Medical Psychedelics in Your Country — Tania de Jong on The Playbook Behind Australia's World-First BreakthroughThe Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 18, 2026 · 2 h 12 min
Tim Ferriss talks with Mind Medicine Australia co-founder Tania de Jong about how Australia became the first country to allow prescribing MDMA and psilocybin for psychiatric conditions.