Dr Nick Coatsworth has come under fire for promoting GLP-1 receptor agonist medications on television without consistently disclosing that he has a paid role with the prescribing giant Eucalyptus.
The former deputy chief medical officer’s appearances on a number of Nine programs over the last two years were the focus of a Media Watch segment on ABC on Monday night.
As Nine’s medical expert, he had suggested the government should subsidise the drugs for some patients, without mentioning his clinical governance advisory role at Eucalyptus, the telehealth corporate selling weight loss treatments, including GLP-1 receptor agonists.
In one program aired last December, the presenter had asked: “Do you back these calls for the drugs to be subsidised on the PBS for those with obesity not just for those with diabetes?”
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