[india-drug] Re: Drug advertising to consumers/practitioners (3)

["Anuradha Banerji" <anuradhabee@yahoo.co.uk>]

Drug advertising to consumers/practitioners (3)
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Dear all,

  There was a disturbing article recently in a newspaper about pharmaceutical companies communicating directly to consumers in order to promote their own drugs. Side effects of drugs are different for different people. It may not be possible to predict reactions. Since lives of people are involved, is it right to reach the people directly through advertisements, education programmes etc just to market aggressively their new drugs?

Ms A.Banerji
Email: Anuradha Banerji <anuradhabee@yahoo.co.uk>