Anti-smoking aid under TGA scrutiny
THE TGA is considering regulatory action against an unregistered herbal product which its marketers claim enables users to beat smoking addiction almost immediately.
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Universal strips website following TGA investigation
AN ALTERNATIVE therapy group has removed a number of unregistered herbal supplements – previously promoted on its website – from sale online following MO’s inquiries to the Therapeutic Goods Administration about its efficacy claims.
Universal strips website following TGA investigation
AN ALTERNATIVE therapy group has removed a number of unregistered herbal supplements – previously promoted on its website – from sale online following MO’s inquiries to the Therapeutic Goods Administration about its efficacy claims.
Weight loss company defies TGA order
A WEIGHT loss company that tells customers how many of its pills to take to reverse the effects of certain fatty foods could face having its products delisted after defying a TGA order to remove some claims from its website.
TGA’s urgent Universal inquiry
THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has accused controversial alternative medicine group Universal Medicine of selling unregistered remedies and launched an urgent investigation into the products “to protect the public”.
Undoit weight loss faces delisting
A WEIGHT loss company which tells customers how many of its pills to take to reverse the effects of certain fatty foods could face having its products delisted after defying a TGA order to remove some claims from its website.
Weight-loss pill maker denies dodging TGA
SYDNEY based weight-loss company Undoit has rejected suggestions from activist Dr Ken Harvey that it has effectively sidestepped a TGA disciplining action regarding its product.
Tough TGA may obliterate CAMs
THE alternative medicines industry and its critics finally agree on something – if tough TGA-drafted rules about proving product claims are adopted by manufacturers, the $5 billion industry will be obliterated.
Alternative meds database on way
ALTERNATIVE medicines could soon have a rival to the government registration system as a group of academics prepares a database to rate products on the often “partial and incomplete” evidence given to support their efficacy claims.
Tough and transparent: TGA set for overhaul
THE TGA will work to improve its “engagement with the community”, establish a new advisory council and toughen penalties for advertising breaches in a sweeping overhaul aimed at broadening its industry focus to include consumers.
Slimming spray struck off TGA register
THE man who first complained about SensaSlim nine months ago has declared the TGA’s decision to finally strike the weight loss mouth spray off the Therapeutic Goods Register a “small step in the right direction”.
TGA may dump 1300 comp meds from register
MORE than 1300 complementary medicines face being struck off the therapeutic goods register because their owners have failed to pay annual listing fees – totalling $701,000 – to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).