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Evaluation of drug promotional materials in a hospital setting in Nepal
Objectives: Unethical drug promotion is a common problem worldwide. In, Nepal, there is limited vigilance on the quality of information supplied by the drug companies to the doctors. The objectives of this study were to analyze the promotional materials provided by the drug companies as per WHO ethi...
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Dr. Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3471165/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23093870 |
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author | Alam, Kadir Shah, Anil Kumar Ojha, Pradip Palaian, Subish Shankar, Pathiyil Ravi |
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description | Objectives: Unethical drug promotion is a common problem worldwide. In, Nepal, there is limited vigilance on the quality of information supplied by the drug companies to the doctors. The objectives of this study were to analyze the promotional materials provided by the drug companies as per WHO ethical criteria for medicinal drug promotion. Methods: Promotional materials present in the Drug Information Center (DIC) during the period from September to December 2007 were collected. The collected promotional materials of different pharmaceutical companies were compared with WHO’s Ethical Criteria for Medicinal Drug Promotion. Results: The name of active constituent(s) was mentioned in 87.87% (n=29) of promotional items. Therapeutic indication was mentioned in 87.88% (n=29) of promotional material but information on side effects [33.33% (n=11)], drug interactions [9.09% (n=3)] and use in pregnancy and lactation [12.12% (n=4)] were lacking in the majority of promotional materials. Conclusion: In a country like Nepal with limited drug information resources, the promotional materials provided by the manufacturers can largely influence the prescription behavior of the clinicians. Our findings suggest the need for interventions to improve the content of the promotional materials provided by the drug companies. |
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spelling | pubmed-34711652012-10-23 Evaluation of drug promotional materials in a hospital setting in Nepal Alam, Kadir Shah, Anil Kumar Ojha, Pradip Palaian, Subish Shankar, Pathiyil Ravi South Med Rev Research Paper Objectives: Unethical drug promotion is a common problem worldwide. In, Nepal, there is limited vigilance on the quality of information supplied by the drug companies to the doctors. The objectives of this study were to analyze the promotional materials provided by the drug companies as per WHO ethical criteria for medicinal drug promotion. Methods: Promotional materials present in the Drug Information Center (DIC) during the period from September to December 2007 were collected. The collected promotional materials of different pharmaceutical companies were compared with WHO’s Ethical Criteria for Medicinal Drug Promotion. Results: The name of active constituent(s) was mentioned in 87.87% (n=29) of promotional items. Therapeutic indication was mentioned in 87.88% (n=29) of promotional material but information on side effects [33.33% (n=11)], drug interactions [9.09% (n=3)] and use in pregnancy and lactation [12.12% (n=4)] were lacking in the majority of promotional materials. Conclusion: In a country like Nepal with limited drug information resources, the promotional materials provided by the manufacturers can largely influence the prescription behavior of the clinicians. Our findings suggest the need for interventions to improve the content of the promotional materials provided by the drug companies. Dr. Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar 2009-04-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3471165/ /pubmed/23093870 Text en |
spellingShingle | Research Paper Alam, Kadir Shah, Anil Kumar Ojha, Pradip Palaian, Subish Shankar, Pathiyil Ravi Evaluation of drug promotional materials in a hospital setting in Nepal |
title | Evaluation of drug promotional materials in a hospital setting in Nepal |
title_full | Evaluation of drug promotional materials in a hospital setting in Nepal |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of drug promotional materials in a hospital setting in Nepal |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of drug promotional materials in a hospital setting in Nepal |
title_short | Evaluation of drug promotional materials in a hospital setting in Nepal |
title_sort | evaluation of drug promotional materials in a hospital setting in nepal |
topic | Research Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3471165/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23093870 |
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