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Audit is coming…
What were the most common advertising breaches over the last two years? In its last newsletter for 2022, the Pharmacy Board highlighted that responsible advertising around regulated health services should …
TGA hands down $240k in cannabis fines as ad breaches skyrocket
More than $1.2 million in fines handed out to five companies in five weeks as illegal promotion via social media booms The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has fined two medical …
Nearly a million in fines over cannabis advertising
The TGA has issued a slew of infringement notices about alleged unlawful advertising of therapeutic products, including 73 to three cannabis companies The Therapeutic Goods Administration has said in a …
Guild turns to TV to warn on flu
The importance of getting a flu shot this season is being emphasised through the Guild’s television advertising campaign The campaign goes to air nationally from Friday, May 27. The advertisements …
‘Miracle’ claim attracts fine
The TGA says it has handed an infringement notice to a herbal medicine practitioner for allegedly advertising the “miracle covid treatment that no-one is speaking about” The Therapeutic Goods Administration …
Pharmacy handed $40k cannabis fine
A pharmacy has been fined nearly $40,000 over its advertising of medicinal cannabis including an in-store poster The Therapeutic Goods Administration has issued three infringement notices, totalling $39,960, to a …
$3m fines over oxygen therapy
A court has ordered a company to pay a $2 million fine, and its director to pay another million, over the advertising of medical devices to treat diseases including dementia, …
A new code
How does the new Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code 2021 affect community pharmacy? Emi Gosling explains The TGAC 2021 will come into effect on 1 January 2022, with a transition period …
Homeopathy for COVID attracts fine
The TGA has issued an infringement notice to a Queenslander for allegedly advertising homeopathic immunisation The Therapeutic Goods Administration announced this week that it has given the notice, costing $2,664 …
‘Worrying trend’ on nicotine products
The TGA has highlighted a concerning new way people are trying to evade regulatory detection when offering nicotine for vaping The TGA is warning consumers to be aware of counterfeit …
$18k fine over vaping ads
A Melbourne-based individual has been handed $18,648 worth of infringement notices by the TGA for advertising a prescription-only product The TGA says that it has issued seven infringement notices to …
‘A classic of TGA bureaucratic obfuscation:’ Harvey
Infringement notices handed to pharmacies including Chemist Warehouse over weight loss product advertising were among incidents noted in a new TGA report But stakeholders disagree over how well the TGA …