Important Information for Sponsors - Advertising to Healthcare Professionals

The Complementary Healthcare Council (CHC) has recently been contacted by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) who has raised concern over the inappropriate advertising of complementary medicines to various healthcare professionals.

By clicking here you can view a CHC information sheet outlining the issues and the formal regulatory actions that have been foreshadowed.
It is highly important that all companies who currently advertise or are planning to advertise to healthcare professionals read this information.

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Herbal remedies scare report: let's get the facts straight

Setting the record straight on the recent scare report on herbal medicines by a South Australian academic, the Complementary HealthCare Council of Australia (CHC) said today that much of the report was ill-informed, misleading and irresponsible — and most importantly, not relevant to complementary medicine products sold in Australia, which are among the most tightly regulated in the world.

Complementary Healthcare Council Raises Concern about Quality Use of Medicines

This Complementary Healthcare Council is concerned new mandatory requirements for unit pricing of complementary medicines may mislead consumers and affect the quality use of medicines. A new Unit Pricing Code will apply to all complementary and over-the-counter medicines that are sold in grocery stores and supermarkets.