E-DRUG: Speaking Tour by Healthy Skepticism Director Dr Peter Mansfield
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Healthy Skepticism Director, Dr Peter Mansfield, will be on a speaking
tour in the next months, travelling through Finland, UK, Germany, Italy,
Spain, USA and Australia.
If you would like to meet Peter or attend one of his talks between the
following travel dates please contact: peter@healthyskepticism.org
April
*Helsinki* Mon 21 - Wed 23
*Manchester* Wed 23 - Thu 24
*Leeds* Thu 24 - Sun 27
*London* Sun 27 April - Fri 2 May
May
*Oxford* Fri 2 - Sun 4
*Berlin* Sun 4 - Thu 8
*Verona* Thu 8 - Tue 13
*Glasgow* Tue 13 - Thu 15
*Belfast* Thu 15 - Tue 20
*Geneva* Tue 20 - Wed 21
*Lausanne* Wed 21 - Thu 22
*Madrid* Thu 22 - Sun 25
*Köln* Sun 25 - Tue 27
*Mainz* Tue 27 - Thu 29
*Washington* Thurs 29 May - Wed 4 June
June
*Boston, Pawtucket* Wed 4 - Sun 8
*Chicago* Sun 8 - Wed 11
*New York* Wed 11 - Thu 12
*Seattle* Thu 12 - Tue 17
*San Francisco, Davis* Tue 17 - Sat 21
*Sydney* Mon 23 - Tue 24
*Hobart* Tue 24 - Wed 25
July
Peter will also be in* Queenstown,* New Zealand from Tue 8 - Sat 12
July, at the International Social Pharmacy Workshop.
*About Peter Mansfield*
Dr. Peter Mansfield is a GP and a Lecturer at the University of
Adelaide, Australia . He has provided education on drug promotion in
Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America for many organizations
including: Arzneimittelbrief (German drug bulletin), ANVISA (Brazilian
Health Surveillance Agency), Consumers International, Health Action
International, National Prescribing Service (Australia), PHARM
(Australian quality use of medicines committee), PHARMAC (New Zealand
medicines purchasing agency), Pharmacy Guild (Australia), Royal
Australasian College of Physicians
Dr. Mansfield was honored in 2007 with the award of the Order of
Australia Medal for "service to medicine, particularly as an advocate
for ethical pharmaceutical marketing practices and the quality use of
medicines in Australia and in developing countries."
*About Healthy Skepticism*
The inspiration for Healthy Skepticism began 25 years ago, when Dr.
Peter Mansfield was a medical student. In 1983 during his final year
elective in Bangladesh, he conceived a project called the Medical Lobby
for Appropriate Marketing. MaLAM used letter -writing campaigns similar
to those of Amnesty International to successfully encourage
pharmaceutical companies to improve their marketing practices. In 2000
MaLAM Inc became Healthy Skepticism Inc. Healthy Skepticism is an
international non-profit organization which aims to improve health by
reducing harm from misleading drug promotion. It provides research,
education and advocacy services and is the largest international network
for academics and campaigners concerned about misleading pharmaceutical
marketing and related issues. The Healthy Skepticism website
(www.healthyskepticism.org) includes a library listing over 13,000
references relevant to drug promotion. As of 2007, Healthy Skepticism's
electronic network includes almost 2000 people from 85 countries.
Healthy Skepticism's main source of funding is subscription fees and
dues from supporters
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