CHF questions GMiA

July 7, 2010

THE Consumers Health Forum of Australia has raised concerns about proposed financial penalty rates set out in the Generic Medicines Industry Association draft Code of Practice which is currently under consideration by the ACCC. In a submission to the Commission’s enquiry into the proposed code the CHF said it noted that “the financial penalties set out in the Code were very low in comparison to those in the Medicines Australia Code of Conduct. “CHF questions whether these penalties are sufficient to discourage further breaches of the Code,” the organisation added.

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