- Accusations of forging or suppressing clinical trial results to maximise sales of some medications.
- Accusations of manipulating the market for their products by excessive gifts to doctors[13].
- Too much advertising materials in the doctor's office, such as clocks, poster ads, etc.
- Reluctance of the industry to fabricate treatments of diseases in less capable countries, such as malaria.
- Sponsorship of medical schools, with influence on the curriculum
- Increased number of drug tests on animals before FDA approval
- Drug companies spent $900 million on consumer ads in the first half of 1999 alone. Pharmaceutical companies often fund non-profit "patient groups" that consume their drugs. Patient groups can advertise for the drug companies, and are unregulated by the FDA. .
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_company#Sales_and_marketing
2006-08-18
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