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Category Archives: Pharmaceutical Promotion
TGA response to criticism of new complaint handling system; my comment
See: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jun/05/consumers-wont-know-about-dodgy-drug-ads-under-new-complaints-system-experts-warn The TGA media spokesperson said: “The new system will be more transparent than the previous one, apart from publication of TGA’s performance against key performance indicators detailed information on individual complaints will be published for medium-, serious- and critical-level … Continue reading
Choice takes campaign to disallow the Permissible Indications Determination to Canberra
Katinka Day, Choice Campaigns and Policy Team Lead, delivers mock-ups of shonky products allowed by the TGA’s permissible indications determination to Senators, see: https://campaigns.choice.com.au/tga-fact-over-fiction/ https://ajp.com.au/news/choice-calls-out-supplement-claims/ http://www.medreach.com.au/?p=2594 by
TGA Consultation: Complaint handling and monitoring
Yet another TGA consultation; this one closing on 4 June 2018 for a new regulatory system that is meant to start on 1 July 2018! For the last one on the draft new Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code, see my comments … Continue reading
TGA Consultation: Draft therapeutic goods advertising code 2018 #2
For background, see TGA Consultation: Draft therapeutic goods advertising code 2018 #1 Our full submission is available here. It’s endorsed by Friends of Science in Medicine (FSM) and the writing was assisted by two Monash University students, Malcolm Vickers (MPH) and … Continue reading
Channel Nine ACA ADHD breakthrough; TGA response to FOI
For Background see: https://croakey.org/a-current-affairs-adhd-breakthrough-bona-fide-news-or-unethical-advertising/ On 27 March 2018, following FOI requests, the TGA confirmed that their Advertising Compliance Unit (ACU) did investigate a complaint about this program submitted by Prof Jon Jureidini to the Complaint Resolution Panel on 21 February 2017 … Continue reading
Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill 2017 passed by Senate
This Bill was passed this morning (15/02/2018) by the Senate with the Labor supporting a Government amendment to continue advertising pre-approval (in mainstream media) for 2 years with a review after 18 months. The Government and Labor did not support … Continue reading
Complementary medicines: The Peoples Choice?
An article in AJP asks, ‘Are complementary medicines conventional medicine’s inferior cousin or a key player in health?‘ The arguments put forward in this article in favor of complementary medicines are: They are frequently purchased by consumers (which fails to … Continue reading
More Publicity on the Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill 2017
‘Softens hardness’: TGA under fire for health claim list that critics say endorses pseudoscience New list of permitted advertising lines for complementary medicine products does little to protect consumers ‘The Project’ (09/02/2018) also had a hilarious segment on TGA traditional indication craziness. … Continue reading
Government machinations: Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill 2017
I have reported previously on the Senate inquiry on this Bill and the public forum held to discuss civil society concerns (which TGA staff were instructed not to attend). The report of the Government controlled Senate Committee recommended that the … Continue reading
Posted in Complementary medicine, Medicine policy, Natural Therapies, Pharmaceutical Promotion
Tagged advertisements, Greens, Health Minster Hunt, Labor Party, Permitted Indications, pre-approval, Regulatory Reform, Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Senator Di Natale, TGA, Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code, Transparency
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Monash School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine Students: A Tribute
An end of year tribute to the Monash SPHPM students I’ve been engaged with, especially those who worked with me on the Summer Vacation Scholarship Program and those who presented at the Victorian Skeptics meeting on 18 December, 2017. … Continue reading