Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3282

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Publication type: Journal Article

Loshak D.
Anti-inflammatory drugs under fire.
Lancet 1985 Feb 16; 1:(8425):410

Abstract:

At a meeting to discuss two of Ciba-Geigy’s anti-inflammatory drugs, phenylbutazone and oxyphenylbutazone, Professor Walter von Wartburg from Ciba-Geigy maintained that although there were problems of control in the Third World to withdraw drugs from these countries would be to impose double standards.

Keywords:
*news story/developing countries/industry perspective/regulation of promotion/ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: INDUSTRY/PROMOTION AND HEALTH NEEDS: PROMOTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Drug Industry* Great Britain Humans Oxyphenbutazone/adverse effects* Phenylbutazone/adverse effects* Switzerland