An Uninformative Truth: The Logic of Amarin’s Off-Label Promotion

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Spencer Phillips Hey and Aaron Kesselheim propose that informativeness—asserting scientific facts—rather than truthfulness ought to be the standard for regulating commercial speech about pharmaceuticals.

Vyšlo v časopise: An Uninformative Truth: The Logic of Amarin’s Off-Label Promotion. PLoS Med 13(3): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001978
Kategorie: Policy Forum
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