Healthy Skepticism Library item: 16460

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Publication type: news

Consumer input to code review
Pharmacy Daily 2009 Sep 10
http://www.pharmacydaily.com.au

Full text:

NEXT week’s Therapeutic Goods Administration Industry Consultative Committee meeting will hear from a number of
organisations on Parliamentary Secretary for Health Mark Butler’s push for ethical promotion of therapeutic goods (PD
yesterday).

It’s understood that as well as industry bodies, the consumer perspective will also be presented by at least one
organisation including the Consumers Health Forum of Australia.

MEANWHILE Medicines Australia ceo Ian Chalmers welcomed the govt’s commitment to a “level playing field for marketing
obligations,” with ceo Ian Chalmers saying there was currently “an uneven operating environment for the conduct of
pharmaceutical companies which undermines public confidence in the industry.”

He said he was looking forward to contributing to a “solution that sees all companies required to meet a common ethical
standard of professional conduct.”