Healthy Skepticism Library item: 6152

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Publication type: Journal Article

Lexchin J.
Relations with the pharmaceutical industry.
CMAJ 1994 Aug 15; 151:(4):413-4
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=8055397

Abstract:

Ms. Erola’s reply to Dr. Guyatt is at best naive. The author recounts how a drug company withdrew sponsorship for a lunch because he was the speaker at a meeting before the lunch. The Code of Marketing Practices of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Canada has major weaknesses.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/ drug company sponsored meals and travel/ Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Canada/ Code of Marketing Practices (Can)/ regulation of promotion/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: PAYMENT FOR MEALS, ACCOMODATION, TRAVEL, ENTERTAINMENT/REGULATION, CODES, GUIDELINES: COMPLIANCE, SANCTIONS, STANDARDS/REGULATION, CODES, GUIDELINES: INDUSTRY SELF-REGULATION Canada Drug Industry* Internship and Residency* Interprofessional Relations*