In message <[log in to unmask]> "Frank Norman" writes: >The latest issue of SCRIP (No 2176, 29/10/96; page 13) has a report >of a recent FDA meeting held to discuss: > >Promotion of FDA-Regulated Medical Products on the Internet; > >The announcem,ent and background to the meeting are at: >http://www.fda.gov//cdrh/fr0916af.html > >The FDA say they will be issuing guidelines to industry following this >consultation. Are any similar initiatives underway in the UK? > Evidently not. We've asked the MCA this question several times and the reply is utter silence: the official view is still that the Internet is to be treated the same as print media. -- Pete Mitchell, Editor, e-Med News - an international newsletter on electronic data in medical applications %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%