‘You bear the liability’: TGA chief’s message to medicinal cannabis doctors if it goes wrong
Despite debate over the exact scale of prescribing, Professor Tony Lawler says it is clearly high enough to justify TGA concern.
What can the TGA do to tame the so-called Wild West of medicinal cannabis?
As of June, the watchdog had received more than 1000 adverse event reports related to unapproved medicinal cannabis products.
TGA boss Professor Tony Lawler is now warning that prescribers bear the legal responsibility for all adverse events when the products are not on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) and have not been assessed by the TGA.
The lengths of many telehealth consultations raise doubts about whether doctors are thoroughly explaining to patients that these drugs have not been assessed for safety or efficacy.
