Comments on: Glaxo Pulls Cervical Cancer Ads In India: Report http://www.pharmalot.com/2009/12/glaxo-pulls-cervical-cancer-ads-in-india-report/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:53:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: rao http://www.pharmalot.com/2009/12/glaxo-pulls-cervical-cancer-ads-in-india-report/#comment-543479 rao Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:50:20 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=20639#comment-543479 if GSK used any NGo or any other not profit organization to promote regarding cervical cancer then it will be good... if their intention is not to promote their drugs and indian laws will not allow promotion prescription drugs strictly.. and GSK knows abut but they had taken a chance but it doesn't work... if GSK used any NGo or any other not profit organization to promote regarding cervical cancer then it will be good…

if their intention is not to promote their drugs and indian laws will not allow promotion prescription drugs strictly..

and GSK knows abut but they had taken a chance but it doesn’t work…

]]> By: patrons99 http://www.pharmalot.com/2009/12/glaxo-pulls-cervical-cancer-ads-in-india-report/#comment-455931 patrons99 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:07:47 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=20639#comment-455931 DTCA should be outlawed. It's every bit as dangerous to public health as ghostwritten clinical research, ghostwritten medical practice guidelines, and ghostwritten CME. DTCA should be outlawed. It’s every bit as dangerous to public health as ghostwritten clinical research, ghostwritten medical practice guidelines, and ghostwritten CME.

]]> By: Justice in MI http://www.pharmalot.com/2009/12/glaxo-pulls-cervical-cancer-ads-in-india-report/#comment-455439 Justice in MI Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:23:11 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=20639#comment-455439 Whatever post hoc rationale, it appears that GSK did, indeed, break Indian law. Is this another "freedom of commercial speech" initiative? Is the real motivation to test Indian law in court? Whatever post hoc rationale, it appears that GSK did, indeed, break Indian law.

Is this another “freedom of commercial speech” initiative? Is the real motivation to test Indian law in court?

]]> By: Jack Calfee http://www.pharmalot.com/2009/12/glaxo-pulls-cervical-cancer-ads-in-india-report/#comment-455433 Jack Calfee Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:43:55 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=20639#comment-455433 Why is GSK's advertising an "abuse" of DTCA? I have no idea whether it violates Indian law, but it is hard to see why Indian women would be worse off is they knew more about cervical cancer and (one hopes) how to prevent it. The two HPV vaccines promise to be far more useful in poor nations, such as India, than in wealthy nations, because early cervical cancer testing and treatment is so rare. Surely, GSK's DTCA would save lives by reducing underuse of HPV vaccines. Why is GSK’s advertising an “abuse” of DTCA? I have no idea whether it violates Indian law, but it is hard to see why Indian women would be worse off is they knew more about cervical cancer and (one hopes) how to prevent it. The two HPV vaccines promise to be far more useful in poor nations, such as India, than in wealthy nations, because early cervical cancer testing and treatment is so rare. Surely, GSK’s DTCA would save lives by reducing underuse of HPV vaccines.

]]> By: patrons99 http://www.pharmalot.com/2009/12/glaxo-pulls-cervical-cancer-ads-in-india-report/#comment-454518 patrons99 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:22:19 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=20639#comment-454518 Wow! This post is absolutely precious. Thanks, Ed. It is quite clear that India faces some of the very same DTCA abuses that we face in our country. Perhaps our FDA would do well to take notes on how the problem was handled in India. I hope that appropriate punitive legal sanctions were issued for breaking the law. Who would ever have thought that GSK might violate the "Drugs and Magical Remedies Act"? Governments all over the world need to understand that GSK's agenda is not just to promote its cervical cancer vaccine, but to mandate it. Never mind that it's a magical remedy for which a condom (or abstinence) would certainly be a lot less expensive, and by many accounts, safer. Wow! This post is absolutely precious. Thanks, Ed. It is quite clear that India faces some of the very same DTCA abuses that we face in our country. Perhaps our FDA would do well to take notes on how the problem was handled in India. I hope that appropriate punitive legal sanctions were issued for breaking the law. Who would ever have thought that GSK might violate the “Drugs and Magical Remedies Act”? Governments all over the world need to understand that GSK’s agenda is not just to promote its cervical cancer vaccine, but to mandate it. Never mind that it’s a magical remedy for which a condom (or abstinence) would certainly be a lot less expensive, and by many accounts, safer.

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