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Heinz taken to court over toddler foods
Products that claim to be healthy contain over 60% sugar, alleges the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission The ACCC has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against the Australian arm …
Prosecutors drop drug trafficking charges against FedEx
Criminal trial nearly two years in the making ended just five days after it began The trial alleging FedEx knowingly delivered illegal prescriptions drugs to dealers and addicts ended abruptly when …
AMA welcomes ACCC action against Medibank
The AMA welcomes the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s decision to launch legal action against Medibank Private over alleged misleading and deceptive conduct. AMA President Dr Michael Gannon says the …
FedEx accused of trafficking illegal prescription drugs
US shipping giant conspired with internet pharmacies to ship illegal sedatives and painkillers, allege prosecutors A trial began on Monday 13 June over drug trafficking charges against FedEx, according to …
Pharmacy can be sued for wrongful death
An appeals court has ruled the compounding pharmacy that filled the prescription is culpable The estate of a man who died from a fatal dose of pain medication can sue …
Patent dispute over generic paracetamol on hold
Initial claims have been dismissed, but there is an opportunity to make further submissions on both sides GlaxoSmithKline’s legal proceeding against Apotex and Generic Partners over its paracetamol products has …
Former Sigma CEO sentenced
Former managing director and CEO of Sigma Pharmaceuticals, Elmo De Alwis, along with former CFO Mark Smith, have been sentenced for falsifying Sigma’s books and misleading directors. De Alwis and …
ACCC appeals $1.7m Nurofen penalty
Consumer watchdog says fine is inadequate deterrent. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is appealing the federal court’s decision to fine Reckitt Benckiser $1.7 million for its Nurofen Specific Pain …
Pharmacist pleads guilty to poisoning assistant
A NSW pharmacist has pleaded guilty to charges of repeatedly putting drugs in a pharmacy assistant’s drinks while at work. Yan Chi “Anthony” Cheung, 33, appeared before Waverley Local Court …
Absence from work note inadequate for absence from court
An absence from work certificate obtained from a pharmacist has been deemed “plainly inadequate” to obtain an adjournment from the Migration Review Tribunal, now the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Nyarna Kyaw …
Pharmacist sentenced for daughters’ genital mutilation
A pharmacist has been sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment for her part in the genital mutilation of her two daughters. The woman, whose name was withheld by the court to …
The wrong side of the law
Why was a pharmacy accused of ‘spoliation of evidence’? Can pharmacies cite religion as a reason for not dispensing medicines? Part 2 of a look at recent US pharmacy cases …