Medicine dangers Secrecy

Happen to read this in the local Qld rag this morning. Dont usually get articles like this in the local paper.

Cant post the article only bought the paper copy so Ill post a brief summary.
Good article.

Medicine dangers 'held in secrecy'Serious adverse reactions to medicines including deaths, heart failure and pancreatitis are being hidden from Australian doctors and patients and a new study says it is "unacceptable."In the decade between 2007 and 23016 doctors in Canada the US and the UK received 207 warnings letters about medicine serious side affects including possible death.
However, when Sydney University researchers investigated whether Australians had been informed it found our medicines watchdog the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) did not post these letters on its website.

The TGA told them to approach the pharmaceutical companies who manufactured the medicines says Dr Barbara Mintzes.
When they did so they found only four companies were willing to provide proof they had sent out the letters it Australia.
Some companies claimed the letters were commercial in confidence.
"The idea that a warning letter that has gone out and would be confidential is counter intuitive ( Professor Barbara Mintzes).
THECHRONICLE.COM.AU Sat March9 2019
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The letter goes on and names a list of some big pharma companies but I think that is enough.