Direct Marketing of Pharmaceuticals

Year: 2005

Resolution Number: 47

Action Taken: Approved as Amended

Status:

Author(s): St. Clair County Medical Society Community Health Roundtable

Sponsor: Alan D. Kuester, DO

On behalf of: St. Clair County Delegation

Committee: E (Science & Education Affairs)

Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to lobby for a trueaccounting in advertising under the auspices of the Food and Drug Administration; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work for a banon advertisements for medications or nutritional supplements without convincing scientific evidence of their effectiveness.RATIONALE: The substitute resolution was presented by the authors as a clarification of their intent. The Committee heard no dissenting testimony on this resolution.

Fiscal Note: NULL

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