Introduction by Croakey: In 2015, when The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) instituted proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against the makers of the analgesic,... Read more
The fight over the teaching of complementary medicines by Australian universities has drawn international coverage, including this piece by the New York Times. In his latest column in this w... Read more
Thanks to Australian Doctor for sharing a most informative Ministerial brief on the Government’s response to recent reviews recommending reforms of the TGA (it can be downloaded here, and is... Read more
We’ve already heard buckets of criticism of the deal between the Pharmacy Guild and Blackmores, which would have seen pharmacists prompted to promote Blackmores products as “companions” to c... Read more
Some extremely interesting conversations must have been occurring behind closed doors in pharmacy-land, in the wake of the disastrous deal between the Pharmacy Guild and Blackmores. Accordin... Read more
Thanks to Froncesca Jackson-Webb, for providing this update of the latest health and medical reading at The Conversation. From scraping by to pizza and pie: how protein price drives obesity... Read more
Last night I emailed the public affairs unit of the Department of Health and Ageing about the recent Croakey articles on the Therapeutic Goods Administration. Below is my request, and the re... Read more
This post is continuing a series of articles related to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in general and the regulation of complementary medicines in particular… Jon Wardle, an NHMR... Read more
As mentioned in the previous post, The Health Report on ABC’s Radio National has been investigating the regulation of complementary medicines by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (T... Read more
The TGA is under pressure on a range of fronts, as you will know if you saw the recent Four Corners program on dodgy hip replacements (the TGA’s response notes that moves are underway to imp... Read more
