Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4016

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Publication type: Journal Article

Antidiarrhoeals again under attack
Scrip 1989; (1457):29

Abstract:

A television program in the United Kingdom accused Burroughs Wellcome, Janssen and Upjohn of unethical marketing practices of their antidiarrheals in Kenya.

Keywords:
*news story/Kenya/ Burroughs Wellcome/ children/ diarrhea/ Janssen/ Upjohn/developing countries/INFLUENCE OF PROMOTION: ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL DRUGS/INFLUENCE OF PROMOTION: PRESCRIBING, DRUG USE/PROMOTION AND HEALTH NEEDS: PROMOTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES/PROMOTION IN SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC AREAS: DIARRHEA