| Natural healthcare capability overview Australian domestic sales of natural healthcare products exceed $A1.5 billion. More than 70 per cent of the population uses complementary medicines and a quarter of the population visit complementary health practitioners each year. The government predicts this will rise to 50 per cent within the decade.
Most of the products used in Australia are manufactured in Australia to some of the highest standards in the world, based on GMP validation and stringent therapeutic regulations.
As a result, Australian manufacturers of natural health products, including complementary medicines, are primed to supply you with world-class products at competitive prices. If you are looking to source products from Australian manufacturer’s of complementary medicine, visit our portal at www.austradehealth.gov.au/manufacturers
On the research front, Preventative Health is one of CSIRO’s (Australia’s leading industry research organisation) flagship programs. In the private sector, the Australian industry is renowned for its leading scientific research and innovation into complementary medicine. The skilled labour force lends itself to best practices in manufacturing and standards. As a nation with an advanced regulatory system, Australian natural products are notable for their range, quality, safety and cost-effectiveness.
Natural healthcare products are integrated into the Australian health system. The Australian Government’s Therapeutic Goods Administration registers/lists and monitors all medicines manufactured in Australia. More than 15,000 medicines are listed on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, covering the entire spectrum of complementary medicines (Figure 1). These are supported by evidenced-based research and safety data.
Figure 1. Complementary medicines that feature natural healthcare products.
The ethnic mix of Australian people lends itself to a wealth of traditional knowledge. The use of nature’s providence to promote health and wellbeing is as old, arguably older, than humanity itself. Based on the principles of self-renewal and variation, there is no more creative or potent force.
Natural healthcare products blend healthcare with functional foods, dietary supplements, cosmetics and recreational activities, in the knowledge that wellbeing is associated intimately with the way we live. This represents a quantum shift in consumer perception - a shift that tremors around the world.
We live in an age when, through the convergence of traditional knowledge and innovation, natural healthcare is resurgent. Increasingly, wellness is cast on the wing of individual choice and self-management. We are longer-lived, more urbanised, more readily informed, more affluent, demanding and mobile.
Unwilling to restrict healthcare to prescribed medication when ill, we are prepared to test a range of natural products for our own condition – all in the name of wellbeing. With minimal side effects, we are prepared to shop around and find out what suits us best. For more information please visit:
www.austradehealth.com.au/manufacturers – Overseas buyers looking for Australia OEM/Private Label/Contract Manufacturers of Complementary Healthcare Products can now visit our Manufacturers Portal.
www.asmi.com.au – Australian Self-Medication Industry Association
www.chc.org.au – Complementary Healthcare Council
www.qnia.com.au – Queensland Nutraceutical Industry Association
www.tga.gov.au – The Therapeutic Goods Administration |
