Healthy Skepticism Library item: 6885

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Publication type: report

Smith D
The ties that bind? Weighing the risks and benefits of pharmaceutical industry sponsorship
Amsterdam: Health Action Interaction 1999
www.haiweb.org

Abstract:

Today public funding for health care initiatives is steadily declining. More and more NGOs must compete for a dwindling pot of money. As a result, many health-related NGOs are debating whether or not to accept funding from the pharmaceutical industry. But is this path so unavoidable and so easily managed into a win-win situation for both industry and health-promoting NGOs? HAI Europe held a one-day seminar to explore this issue and promote discussion between NGOs that do accept industry funding and those who are opposed to it. This report describes the presentations made during the day and the lively debate among the participants. It highlights specific concerns surrounding industry sponsorship and some of its possible consequences for NGOs.

Keywords:
*analysis/corporate funding/patient groups/ profit motive/ marketing strategies/ industry generated publicity/ guidelines, discussion of/ drug bulletins/ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: CONSUMERS/PATIENTS/ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: MEDICAL JOURNALS/INFLUENCE OF PROMOTION: CONSUMERS AND PATIENTS/PROMOTION BY THIRD PARTIES: PATIENT ORGANIZATIONS/SPONSORSHIP: HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/SPONSORSHIP: PATIENT AND CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS