Ribena even GSK just not their month http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/mar/27/schoolsworldwide.foodanddrink
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On 4 Jul 2012, at 01:14 AM, "Henry Ko Chung Hung (SHHQ)" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear all,
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> I'm a long-time reader, but first-time contributor to this list. This is another case to add to the long list of bad things that _some_ pharma companies can do when they are more concerned about profits rather than ethics and society. I used to be on Australia's Medicines Australia's (the industry organisation for "big pharma") Code of Conduct Monitoring Committee and I've seen small "discrepancies" that companies try to get away with - anything from claims with no evidence to funding Mediterranean cruises for doctors. I agree with some of the other contributors that we shouldn't lump all companies together as being as bad as this case, as I've seen many great examples of how pharma provides patients, the public, and healthcare staff with important information and services that publicly-funded institutions (and government) cannot provide. But cases like the ones discussed in this list remind me of the bad things that Marcia Angell talked about in her 2004 book "The Truth About the Drug Companies".
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> In terms of providing data in some regulator- or publicly-accessible space, I believe some national clinical trials registries have suggested this before, but the actual way this would work still needs to be fleshed out. (Disclosure: I collaborate with the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry)
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> A final comment - in this age of science commercialisation and spin-offs/start-ups, I think some companies have been leaning too far towards the financial sector's "quick profits - big profits" model of business. Medicine/science/evidence takes time to do properly. When we rush the science, we endanger patients and society. When we rush trying to sell the medical treatments, we become unethical. Just an observation. Not sure if it's an original observation though?
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> Regards,
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> Henry KO.
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