TAC wins June Legal Newsmaker nomination
The June nomination for the Legal Newsmaker of the Year award is the Treatment Action Campaign. The award, launched by Legalbrief Today in association with the Law Society of SA, recognises those who have made an outstanding and newsworthy contribution in the field of law.
In June the TAC finally won its bid to rein in the activities of vitamin entrepreneur Matthias Rath. The Cape High Court banned Rath and his Rath Foundation from conducting unauthorised clinical trials. Rath was also barred from publishing advertisements, touting the supposed anti-AIDS benefits of his VitaCell products until he has submitted the products to the Medicines Control Council. The TAC said the ruling was a victory for the rule of law and for science in medicine. Spokesperson Nathan Geffen said the TAC was aware of at least 12 people who had died of AIDS after going to Rath's clinics and not seeking appropriate treatment at public health clinics.
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