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U3A Melbourne City Short Course – Complementary Medicine: Exploring the Issues
Healthy growth, healthy people? The value of sales of Australian complementary medicines (CM) has doubled from $2.3 billion to $4.7 billion in just over three years. This corresponds to a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 26.9% compared to the 1.7% … Continue reading
Australian Male Hormone Clinic (AMHC) convicted and fined $127,500 plus costs
http://www.ahpra.gov.au/News/2017-10-04-media-release-advertising.aspx However, the company concerned was placed into voluntary liquidation on 12 September 2017 and presumably will escape the fines and costs. Many consumers taken in by these scams are left out of pocket. The regulators concerned move far too slowly to … Continue reading
Posted in Complementary medicine, Natural Therapies, Pharmaceutical Promotion
Tagged advertisments, AHPRA, AMHC, Geoff Jowett
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Case study (Sept 8, 2017 Seminar): AMI begat MWI begat AMHC…
In the beginning there was the Advanced Medical Institute (AMI). AMI begat the Medical WeightLoss Institute (MWI) MWI begat the Australian Male Hormone Clinic (AMHC) This presentation and others are now available. See also: Yet another weight … Continue reading
Seminar: The Advertising of Therapeutic Goods and Services (and its regulation), Sept 8, 2017
In March 2016, a seminar on this topic attracted over 100 people to the Sydney University Health Law Centre. One outcome was a decision to hold a follow-up seminar in Melbourne in Sept-Oct 2017. The 2017 seminar is being organised … Continue reading
Posted in Complementary medicine, Education, Medicine policy, Pharmaceutical Promotion, Weight loss
Tagged Advertising compliance and enforcement, AMHC, AMI, Australian Consumer Law, MMD Review, Monash Law Chambers, MWI, National Code of Conduct for non-registered health providers, Productivity Commission, Seminar, TGA
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NSW HCCC Public Warning: Medical Weight Loss Institute (MWI)
Public warning under section 94A of the Health Care Complaints Act 1993 – Non-evidence Based Weight Loss Programs See also: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-18/warning-issued-about-clinic-supplying-controversial-diet-drugs/8360590 https://www.9now.com.au/nine-news/nsw/episode-70 (26 minutes in) http://www.australiandoctor.com.au/News/Latest-News/GPs-don-t-know-what-we-know-weight-loss-clinic http://www.australiandoctor.com.au/news/latest-news/duty-of-care-compelled-doctor-to-keep-offering-unp http://www.australiandoctor.com.au/news/latest-news/pharmacist-claims-he-s-the-victim-of-witch-hunt https://ajp.com.au/news/weight-loss-warning/ http://issues.pharmacydaily.com.au/2017/Mar17/pd140317.pdf At last! But it took 8 months to get this warning … Continue reading
A compounding pharmacy has been criticised for dispensing a withdrawn substance… but is the reproval warranted?
The compounder, the doctor and the institute In response to the defence offered in this AJP article by compounding pharmacist Daryll Knowles and MWI chief spruiker Geoff Jowett (and concerns expressed by Jarrod McMaugh and Jignesh Patel) I provide the following additional information. … Continue reading
Australian Male Hormone Clinic (AMHC)
AMI begat MWI begat AMHC…. These guys are incorrigible…. Now, following the Advanced Medical Institute (AMI) and the Medical Weightloss Institute (MWI) we have the Australian Male Hormone Clinic (AMHC)! What are the regulators doing? Are they merely paper tigers? … Continue reading