A Collaborative Assessment Among 11 Pharmaceutical Companies of Misinformation in Commonly Used Online Drug Information Compendia

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 352-359

  Randhawa, Amarita S ^a   Babalola, Olakiitan ^b   Henney, Zachary ^c   Miller, Michele ^d   Nelson, Tanya ^e   Oza, Meerat ^f   Patel, Chandni ^g   Randhawa, Anupma S ^c   Riley, Joyce ^h   Snyder, Scott ⁱ   So, Sherri ^g  

^a PURDUE PHARMA L P   (United States)

^b CELGENE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^d BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^e Janssen Scientific Affairs   (United States)

^f SANOFI   (France)

^g NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

^h PFIZER INC   (United States)

ⁱ ABBVIE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

drug information; drug safety; electronic information; internet; medication safety

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG INFORMATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MEDICATION ERROR; ONLINE DRUG INFORMATION COMPENDIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE;

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PHARMACOPOEIAS AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS;

EID: 84963854363     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: 15426270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1060028016635196     Document Type: Article

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