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Federal Court finds Evolution Supplements Australia breached advertising laws
The Federal Court of Australia (the Court) has found that Evolution Supplements Australia Pty Ltd (Evolution Supplements Australia) and its sole director, Mr Cumhur Keskin, unlawfully advertised prescription only substances and therapeutic goods not in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) to consumers. The Court also found that Mr Keskin had failed to comply with a direction from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), part of the Department of Health, to stop advertising these goods.
The Court made these findings on the basis that Evolution Supplements Australia and Mr Keskin were taken to have admitted the allegations made by the TGA by failing to take appropriate steps to respond to or defend the proceeding.