Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3192
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Publication type: Journal Article
Crompton GK, Grant IW.
Pirbuterol.
Lancet 1984 Apr 7; 1:(8380):795
Abstract:
Pfizer is using data on patients with chronic bronchitis to promote its new product, pirbuterol, for asthma.
Keywords:
*letter to the editor/United Kingdom/Pfizer/quality of information/promotional literature/EVALUATION OF PROMOTION: GENERAL QUALITY OF INFORMATION
Albuterol/pharmacology
Animals
Asthma/drug therapy
Bronchodilator Agents/pharmacology*
Clinical Trials
Comparative Study
Double-Blind Method
Ethanolamines/pharmacology*
Hemodynamic Processes/drug effects*
Humans