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Officials and policymakers say direct-to-consumer drug advertising encourages patients to seek treatments they don’t need and raises heath care costs, but the true picture is more nuanced.
It’s time Health Canada took back the regulation of drug advertising – to protect consumers.
There is currently a weak process of checking claims made in advertisements for medicines, to ensure they don’t mislead or deceive consumers -this could be abandoned if a bill passes parliament.
Consumers can’t always be confident claims for complementary medicines stack up. Here’s how to foster truth in advertising.
An important new study in the United States has found doctors who receive just one cheap meal from a drug company tend to prescribe a lot more of that company’s products.
The view of many doctors that “I don’t let myself be influenced” might be the biggest barrier to change.
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Health activist, Medreach Pty Ltd., Bond University
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Manager, University of Sydney and Honorary Assistant Professor, Bond University
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Professor in Pharmaceutical Policy, School of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney
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Biomedical Science/Law student, Monash University
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Institute for Humane Studies
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Lecturer in Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto; York University, Canada; University of Sydney
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