Control advertisements

Body controlling advertising/ promotion TGA Trade Practices Commission APMA Code of Conduct Committee Pharm. Services Drug Council SAM Consumer Protection Branch MAB KOAG DPM NDA RBPP Ministry of Communication s MCAZ... 

The Information and Publication Department monitors and controls advertising to doctors and the general public respectively, and would be responsible for official scientific publications (such as Folia Pharmaco-therapeutica), disseminating information on adverse effects, and drawing up and distributing transparency sheets. 

OTHER RELATED CONTROLS Advertisements Control of Medicinal Products... 

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry in consultation with the British Medical Association, the Royal Pharmaceuticcd Society of Great Britain, and the Medicines Control Agency, has drawn up a Code of Practice for the Phar-maceuticcil Industry this code applies to the promotion of medicines to the health professions and controls advertisements designed to encourage the prescribing... 

Regulatory functions include licensing of persons, premises and practices, inspection of pharmaceutical establishments, product assessment and registration, QC, control of dmg promotion and advertising and monitoring of ADR. 

Spedficalions regarding pharmaceutical premises, personnel and procedures must be followed by pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors and retailers if they wish to obtain and retain their licence to operate. By means of these licences, dmg regulatory authorities control the activities of pharmaceutical manufacturers, importers and distributors and companies engaged in dmg promotion and advertising. 

Cuba stands out as the only country in this group that permits neither dmg advertising nor dmg promotion. Instead, pharmaceutical products are distributed and product information disseminated within the Ifamewoik of the centralized State-mn management system. Misinformation for commercial purposes is therefore not an issue in Cuba. In all the other survey countries, both the content and the conduct of dmg advertising and promotion are regulated. The basis of such controls is found in dmg legislation. 

In addition to controlling information used for promotional and advertising purposes, dmg regulatory authorities in the majority of the countries also provide independent dmg information. This is hue of Cypms, Estonia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Tunisia, Venezuela and Zimbabwe. Dmg information is mainly disseminated via regular bulletins. Other bodies besides the DRA also provide independent information about dmgs. 

Dmg information is probably disseminated over just as wide an area as dmg products are distributed, if not further. Moreover, the existence of the power to control does not necessarily guarantee that information reaching the providers and the consumers conforms with the provisions set forth in the legal documents. Monitoring, like inspection, is therefore essential in order to ensure that promotion and advertising comply with the legislation. 

Information on dmg labels and inserts is controlled through the registration process in all countries. Pre-approval of promotional and advertising materials intended for the public are required in all countries except Estonia. 

For two decades, the Ethyl Corporation had controlled the worldwide market for the tetraethyl lead additive discovered by Thomas Midgley, Jr. (Chapter 6). Ethyl s 2 million annual advertising budget identified tetraethyl lead with baseball, football, and the American Way of Life. The company funded almost all the research about tetraethyl lead s effect on human health. As a result, research on tetraethyl lead had focused on safety in the factory workplace rather than on the health of the general population. 

Another peculiarity of the Spanish situation as regards advertising is its lack of control. The transcription of a Community directive on this issue gave rise to control over advertising being devolved to the autonomous communities, resulting in the virtual disappearance of control over advertising due to the interterritorial nature of promotion activities. 

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