Tag: tga advertising code

Naming Botox on Your Website: The $18.2m TGA Rule

Vikas Thakur / Sep 24, 2026 / 13 min read

Under section 42DLB(7) of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989, naming a Schedule 4 substance like Botox to the public is a civil penalty offence. Here is the exact rule, what to write instead, and what it costs to get it wrong.

Auditing Your Site for Schedule 4 References

Vikas Thakur / Sep 15, 2026 / 11 min read

The Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code restricts referring to Schedule 4 substances in advertising to the public, and the Act defines advertising broadly enough to reach a URL slug, an image filename or an alt attribute, not just visible body copy. Here is how to find every hidden reference before the TGA does.