tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 7

PHARMACEUTICALS: Consumer Group Demands Simple Error Reporting

TV ads must provide info on reporting drug problems, group insistsA leading consumer organization is rallying support to force the feds to make it easier for patients and doctors to report adverse drug affects. Consumers Union, which publishes Consumer Reports, is collecting 50,000 signatures on a petition to the Food and Drug Administration, citing customer frustration with television ads that sell the "good news" about prescription drug but overlook the adverse effects of the drugs, the non-profit group reported in a press release. In the petition, the Consumers Union calls on the FDA to make it mandatory for...

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