TGA rejects concerns over DNA fragments found in mRNA vaccines

But the public has had enough, calling out the regulator for its hypocrisy and lack of transparency.

After an article about the discovery of residual DNA in the Gardasil HPV vaccine, and multiple calls this month for the Prime Minister to “immediately suspend” the covid-19 mRNA vaccines, the Australian drug regulator has responded.

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) released a statement “addressing misinformation about excessive DNA in the mRNA vaccines.”

But, within hours of posting on X, the TGA was met with a torrent of public outrage, calling out the regulator for its hypocrisy and lack of transparency.

The irony is that I’ve been chasing responses from the TGA for months and endured long delays, obfuscation and utter disregard, only to see the regulator now claim that residual DNA in the covid-19 vaccines has all been ‘misinformation.’

The TGA said it is “not the case” that covid-19 mRNA vaccines are “contaminated with excessive levels of DNA,” and that reports online “are based on studies that currently fall short of the scientific rigor expected in pharmaceutical testing.”

“To date,” the regulator wrote, “the TGA has also independently tested 27 batches of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines by qPCR to confirm the residual DNA concentration in the final product. The vaccines met the required limits for residual DNA.”

But attempts to obtain these data have failed.