Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4485

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Publication type: news

Mansfield PR.
The IFPMA rejects the WHO Ethical Criteria
MaLAM Newsletter 1992 Apr1-3

Abstract:

The IFPMA does not accept the WHO Ethical Criteria but maintains that its own Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices is fully compliant with the Ethical Criteria.

Keywords:
*analysis/regulation of promotion/attitude toward promotion/IFPMA/WHO/ Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (IFPMA)/ Ethical Criteria for Medicinal Drug Promotion/ International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations/ World Health Organization/MaLAM/Medical Lobby for Appropriate Marketing/ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: INDUSTRY/REGULATION, CODES, GUIDELINES: INDUSTRY SELF-REGULATION/REGULATION, CODES, GUIDELINES: INTERNATIONAL CODES