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Pill pushers: advertising drugs

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Advertising of prescription drugs is illegal in Europe, even though it has been legal in the US for years. Physicians claim that the advertising will encourage patients to pressure their doctors into giving them medication that may not be right for them. This problem does not seem to have occurred in the US.

Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1997
Ethical Preparations, Advertising, Advertising law

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Coping with unwellcome news

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Several drug firms will lose patent protection for best-selling drugs in the next few years, but Glaxo Wellcome may be especially hard hit when generic firms are free to copy its anti-ulcer drug Zantac in July, 1997. It hopes to boost profits with new research smart marketing and acquired biotechnology.

Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1997
Antiulcer Preps ex Antacids, Forecasts and trends, Market share, Glaxo Wellcome PLC, Antiulcer agents, Antiulcer drugs, Zantac (Medication)

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Ashcroft's sneak attack

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Oregon's law allowing assisted suicide has been undermined by a new rule from US attorney-general John Ashcroft. Ashcroft has banned doctors from using federally controlled drugs to end a life. Oregon state officials say the ruling violates Oregon's right to manage health care.

Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2001
Barbiturate Sedatives, United States, Assisted suicide, Oregon, Pharmaceutical policy, Barbiturates, Secobarbital (Medication)

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Subjects list: Drugs, Laws, regulations and rules, Pharmaceutical industry
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