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Drugs, Doctors and Dinners
How drug companies influence health in the developing world
 
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Drugs, doctors and dinners
How drug companies influence health in the developing world
ISBN: 1-902391-59-4Published by Consumers International in October 2007©Consumers International24 Highbury CrescentLondon N5 1RX, UKemail: consint@consint.orgwww.consumersinternational.org
 
Drugs, doctors and dinners
How drug companies influence health in the developing world
I solemnly pledge to consecrate my life to the service of humanity; I will practise my  profession with conscience and dignity; the health of my patient will be my first consideration…
Declaration of Geneva (amended 2006)Adopted by the General Assembly of the World Medical Association
“The scheme of the [pharmaceutical] company was as follows: ‘On sale of 1,000 samplesof the drug, get a Motorola handset. On sale of 5,000 samples get an air cooler. On saleof 10,000 samples get a motor bike.’”
Doctor from IndiaMumbai India (2003)
Member governments are urged, ”to enact new, or enforce existing, legislation toban inaccurate, misleading or unethical promotion of medicines, to monitor drug promotion, and to develop and implement programmes that will provide independent,non-promotional information on medicines.”
Resolution Rational Use of Medicines (WHA 60.16)Adopted by the 60th World Health AssemblyMay 2007
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