Australian Study Says Most Weight-Loss Drugs Never Tested (Australia)
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
An Australian study says the country's regulations governing complementary medicines need to be overhauled so the sale of many weight-loss drugs can be halted. The study made the recommendation as a result of an investigation of many of the products, finding they either do no work at all or were never properly tested. The researcher behind the study said the Therapeutic Goods Administration assumes the weight-loss medicines are harmless, but Dr. Ken Harvey of La Trobe University said that theory is out of date by 10 or 15 years. (Click here for more