Healthy Skepticism Library item: 2155

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Publication type: Journal Article

Herxheimer A.
Relationships between the pharmaceutical industry and patients' organisations.
BMJ 2003 May 31; 326:(7400):1208-10
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/326/7400/1208

Abstract:

Pharmaceutical companies and patients’ organisations are unequal partners in a collaboration that has developed over the years-and this raises serious questions

Keywords:
MeSH Terms: Consumer Organizations*/economics Drug Industry*/economics Financing, Organized Guidelines Humans Interprofessional Relations* Lobbying Self-Help Groups/economics Trust