Healthy Skepticism Library item: 18784

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Publication type: Magazine

TGA to publicise complaints
Pharmacy Daily 2010 Nov 9
pharmacydaily.com.au

Full text:

THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced that effective 01 Nov
it will publish the outcome of “certain investigations into complaints
about advertising” which have been referred by the Complaints Resolution
Panel.

The TGA says the move aims to provide guidance to advertisers on how the
Regulations are interpreted “and also act as an information resource for
advertisers, consumers and the media on decision making and actions
taken by the TGA in advertising casewordk”.

Currently the outcome of complaints are listed in a register at
www.tgacrp.com.au, and where a person fails to acknowledge or act on a
determination by the panel, the complaint may be referred to the TGA for
follow-up action.

So-called ‘Regulation 9 Orders’ by the TGA make the advertisers withdraw
advertisements and publish a retraction or correction, and in future
they will be detailed on the TGA website at www.tga.gov.au.