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Dodgy claims for complementary medicines? Here's how the drug watchdog could have more bite

  • Written by Ken Harvey, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
imageAdvertisements for complementary medicines don't always reflect what's in the bottle.from www.shutterstock.com

Complementary medicine suppliers are getting away with breaching advertising requirements because Australia’s medicines regulatory authority has no bite, new data confirms.

This means consumers can have little confidence in...

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