Drug advertisements published in Indian Medical Journals: Are they ethical

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 403-406

  Charan, Jaykaran ^a   Yadav, Preeti ^a   Saxena, Deepak ^a   Kantharia, N D ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Drug advertisements; ethics; Indian Medical Journals; WHO criteria

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; GENERIC DRUG; HEMATOLOGIC AGENT; HORMONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MARKETING; ETHICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INDIAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS;

EID: 80052742052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09757406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-7406.84449     Document Type: Article

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