THE AUSTRALIAN Sports Anti-Doping Authority has finished its opening submissions in its case against 34 past and present Essendon players.
ASADA lawyer Malcolm Holmes QC continued to present evidence on the sixth day of the AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal hearing, calling another medical expert to help build the anti-doping body's case.
The hearing, which is being held behind closed doors in the Victorian County Court, will continue on Thursday.
ASADA is alleging the 34 players and one support person, no longer employed by Essendon, breached the AFL Anti-Doping Code through the use of the banned peptide thymosin beta-4.
In December, ASADA lost a legal battle to have two of its key witnesses, biochemist Shane Charter and compound pharmacist Nima Alavi, testify at the hearing.
Charter and Alavi have given evidence to ASADA but refused to sign sworn affidavits backing the authority's allegations that the players were administered the banned drug Thymosin Beta-4 as part of Essendon's 2012 supplements program.
When Holmes concludes his submission, lawyers for the players will argue the players were given a legal version of thymosin, thymosin alpha-1 or thymodulin.
The hearing is being held in private after a ruling by Tribunal chairman David Jones on December 8 last year.
