E-drug: Advertising in national formularies (cont)
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Vanda and Jurgis,
In Australia we have:
The Australian Medicines Handbook www.amh.net.au
Therapeutic Guidelines www.tg.com.au
Australian Prescriber www.australianprescriber.com
National Prescribing Service www.nps.org.au
All of them have a policy of no drug advertising. All of them have
received government funding but the first two have been able to gain income
from sales to health professionals.
regards,
Peter
Dr Peter Mansfield
GP and consultant on marketing and quality use of medicines
Visiting lecturer, Universities of Adelaide, Flinders, South Australia,
Tasmania
Cardiovascular adviser, Adelaide Western Division of General Practice
Quality Use of Medicines Coordinator, Southern (Adelaide) Division of
General Practice
Primary author, Healthy Scepticism
Director, MaLAM (Medical Lobby for Appropriate Marketing)
MaLAM aims to protect compassionate scientific health care from marketing
practices that may be detrimental to health.
peter.mansfield@flinders.edu.au
www.camtech.net.au/malam
PO Box 172 Daw Pk SA 5041 Australia
ph/fax +61 8 8374 2245
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