Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4494

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Publication type: news

Cowhig J.
Medical publishing
1992 Jul

Abstract:

This is a guide for drug company product managers to the practices of medical publishing that covers who runs the medical journals in the United Kingdom, how they are produced, what is the editing process, who does what, where a story can be placed, who handles advertising and relationships with the media.

Keywords:
*analysis/United Kingdom/ company supplied articles/ press conferences and releases/INFLUENCE OF PROMOTION: JOURNALISTS/PROMOTION AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION: PHARMACISTS/PROMOTION DISGUISED: PRESS CONFERENCES AND PRESS COVERAGE/PROMOTIONAL STRATEGIES: INDUSTRY