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 "Large pharmaceutical companies spend about one-third of their revenue on sales and marketing, much of it aimed at doctors. The resulting entanglements between the companies and doctors have become
 widespread. Studies cited in the British Medical Journal have found that the relationships influence doctors' prescribing behaviour."
Andrea Gerlin, Bloomberg News 2007


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PharmAware UK aims to maximise good practice and ethical interactions between healthcare professionals and pharmaceutical companies to enhance patient care. Alongside this we aim to educate and campaign on various international pharma issues. We have branches at medical schools around the UK. Read our vision and aims here.


Join our blogging page at www.pharmawareblog.co.uk. Help us keep us up-to-date with what's going on in your PharmAware branch, Pharma-related news and new evidence-based medicine. Sign up and soon you'll be able to start blogging. Its our new way to keep up to date so get yourself involved!


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At PharmAware, we are getting increasingly concerned about EU proposals which  would allow pharmaceutical companies to give "information to patients" directly. Read more on our campaigns page. We encourage you to write to your MPs/MEPs (find out who they are at www.writetothem.com). Feel free to use our template letter as a guide.

 

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PharmAware recently had our 3rd AGM in Bristol. We had fascinating sessions by Dr Gareth Williams (University of Bristol), Dr Damien Downing (Alliance for Natural Health), Dr Rory O’Connor (University of Leeds) and Rory James (Oxfam campaigns).

We also had a very successful meeting with the start of three new branches and discussed our future campaigns. Big congratulations to the Bristol team for coordinating such a successful event.

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