Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3318
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Publication type: Journal Article
Need for a rational drugs policy
Lancet 1986; 1:262
Abstract:
At an Asian seminar on pharmaceuticals and the poor participants were shown examples of unethical promotion in India regarding treatment of childhood diarrhea with a combination of streptomycin and chloramphenicol, marketed by Boehringer-Knoll.
Keywords:
*news story/India/developing countries/diarrhea/children/Boehringer-Knoll/promotional literature/PROMOTION AND HEALTH NEEDS: PROMOTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES/PROMOTION IN SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC AREAS: DIARRHEA