AG Therapeutics Pty Ltd (trading as Atlus)
Sued by Australia's TGA in 2025 over alleged medicinal cannabis ads, including articles on Mamamia and Body+Soul
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According to Therapeutic Goods Administration, Jun 20, 2025 · Read the source · +1 more
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Summary
On 20 June 2025 the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) said it had started Federal Court proceedings against AG Therapeutics Pty Ltd, which trades as Atlus, and its sole director, together with Mamamia.com.au Pty Ltd, News Life Media Pty Ltd and Straight Up PR Pty Ltd, for advertising medicinal cannabis in alleged contravention of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.
The TGA alleges that Atlus advertised medicinal cannabis on its website and social media, including through euphemisms such as 'plant medicine', and promoted it for serious conditions. It also alleges that articles on Mamamia and News Life's Body+Soul website, published after a public relations campaign by Atlus, advertised medicinal cannabis and included testimonials from a nurse and a doctor that the Advertising Code prohibits. According to the TGA, the director allegedly facilitated and approved the articles. The TGA seeks declarations and pecuniary penalties. These are allegations; the court had not published a judgment by September 2026.
What the source found
- Federal Court proceedings announced by the TGA on 20 June 2025
- Alleged advertising of medicinal cannabis on the Atlus website and social media, including via the term 'plant medicine'
- Alleged restricted or prohibited representations about serious diseases, conditions or disorders
- Articles on Mamamia and Body+Soul allegedly advertised medicinal cannabis following an Atlus PR campaign, with testimonials from a nurse and a doctor
- TGA says the parties had been warned on multiple occasions; it seeks declarations and pecuniary penalties
Products named
- medicinal cannabis (prescription-only)
Timeline
TGA announces Federal Court proceedings against AG Therapeutics (Atlus), its director, Mamamia, News Life Media and Straight Up PR
Sources
- Regulator
Therapeutic Goods Administration · Jun 20, 2025
Atlus, Mamamia and News Life Media face court for alleged unlawful advertising of medicinal cannabis - Regulator
Therapeutic Goods Administration · Sep 28, 2026
Court action
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Status notes
Proceedings pending as of 28 September 2026 (no judgment listed). The director is named in the TGA release; not named here. Mamamia, News Life Media and Straight Up PR are co-respondents, not listed as separate entries.
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