Misleading advertising for antidepressants in Sweden: a failure of pharmaceutical industry self-regulation.

BACKGROUND: The alleged efficacy of pharmaceutical industry self-regulation has been used to repudiate increased government oversight over promotional activity. European politicians and industry have cited Sweden as an excellent example of self-regulation based on an ethical code. This paper conside...

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Main Authors: Anna V Zetterqvist, Shai Mulinari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3641086?pdf=render