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Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
| Subject: OZschwitz 'miracle' market unpoliced - Which is as it should be Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:33 pm | |
| WIDESPREAD criticism of the Therapeutic Goods Administration has forced the Gillard government to look at overhauling Australia's drugs regulator because it is failing to adequately police the $2 billion industry in ''miracle'' cures and other quasi-health devices.
Claims that ''therapeutic'' products can cure everything from AIDS to cancer, guarantee weight loss or improve strength, balance and flexibility are misleading and deceptive and can sometimes lead to lethal results, health experts say.
The federal Department of Health and Ageing released a consultation paper on the advertising of therapeutic goods in June, saying it was important the public received accurate information about the risks as well as the purported benefits of these goods on the market.
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