Full Court throws out ‘mistaken’ judgment on AFT’s Maxigesic ads

Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-12-07 6:18 pm By Miklos Bolza | Sydney

A judge was “mistaken” to find that AFT Pharmaceuticals’ ads for its painkiller Maxigesic were misleading, with the Full Federal Court ruling there was an adequate scientific foundation for the ads’ claims that the drug provided faster, better pain relief than paracetamol and ibuprofen alone.