Compliance of disease awareness campaigns in printed Dutch media with national and international regulatory guidelines.

BACKGROUND:The European legislation prohibits prescription-only medicines' advertising but allows pharmaceutical companies to provide information to the public on health and diseases, provided there is no direct or indirect reference to a pharmaceutical product. Various forms of promotion have...

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Main Authors: Teresa Leonardo Alves, Auramarina F Martins de Freitas, Martine E C van Eijk, Aukje K Mantel-Teeuwisse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4157805?pdf=render