Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4698

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Publication type: Journal Article

Frankel D.
Drug labelling in developing countries
Lancet 1993; 341:1469

Abstract:

According to a study by the United States Office of Technology Assessment up to two-thirds of pharmaceuticals sold by United States companies may be mislabelled.

Keywords:
*news story/United States/Kenya, Panama/Brazil/Thailand/developing countries/quality of information/ commercial compendia/ package inserts/Office of Technology Assessment/EVALUATION OF PROMOTION: COMPARISON BETWEEN DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES/PROMOTION AND HEALTH NEEDS: PROMOTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Notes:

Reply from: Gerald J. Mossinghoff, Lancet 1993;342:556-557.