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Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4022

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Publication type: Journal Article

Schwartz H.
In defence of US pharma promotion
Scrip 1989; (1466):22-23


Abstract:

There is a solid case to be made for promotional activities. Most promotion is basically educational. The claims that a company can make for its product are closely regulated. Because of the competitive nature of the industry companies monitor the claims that their competitors are making and alert physicians to any misinformation that are being made. Finally, physicians are not unduly influenced by promotion.

Keywords:
*analysis/United States/value of promotion/doctors/ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: INDUSTRY/EVALUATION OF PROMOTION: GENERAL QUALITY OF INFORMATION/INFLUENCE OF PROMOTION: PRESCRIBING, DRUG USE

 

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...to influence multinational corporations effectively, the efforts of governments will have to be complemented by others, notably the many voluntary organisations that have shown they can effectively represent society’s public-health interests…
A small group known as Healthy Skepticism; formerly the Medical Lobby for Appropriate Marketing) has consistently and insistently drawn the attention of producers to promotional malpractice, calling for (and often securing) correction. These organisations [Healthy Skepticism, Médecins Sans Frontières and Health Action International] are small, but they are capable; they bear malice towards no one, and they are inscrutably honest. If industry is indeed persuaded to face up to its social responsibilities in the coming years it may well be because of these associations and others like them.
- Dukes MN. Accountability of the pharmaceutical industry. Lancet. 2002 Nov 23; 360(9346)1682-4.