Healthy Skepticism Library item: 6732

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Publication type: Journal Article

Inappropriate drug promotion in developed and developing countries: two sides of the same coin
MaLAM Australian News 1997 Jan-Feb; 5:(1-2):1-2

Abstract:

Drug availability and promotional practices in developed countries can influence what happens in developing countries. In France antidiarrheal drugs that are not recommended by the World Health Organization are still widely used and this may translate into inappropriate use in French speaking African countries. In Germany many drugs are still marketed that were approved before the implementation of modern regulations and this loophole allows German companies to export irrational pediatric medications to developing countries. In Australia little is known about how drug use there influences drug use in countries importing products from Australia.

Keywords:
*analysis/Australia/France/Germany/developed countries/developing countries/MaLAM/Medical Lobby for Appropriate Marketing/EVALUATION OF PROMOTION: COMPARISON BETWEEN DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES/PROMOTION AND HEALTH NEEDS: PROMOTION IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES/PROMOTION AND HEALTH NEEDS: PROMOTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES