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...most tempting. In addition, the agency has issued guidelines to control the growing practice of advertising drugs before they are approved. Henceforth, such ads may not make any claims about the safety or efficacy of a product, and if a drug is named, the ad cannot detail its uses. Ciba-Geigy met these requirements by not naming the antidepressant drug Ludiomil in its teaser preapproval ads; one FDA official, however, has informally criticized preapproval drug ads by five other companies. Says Hayes: "We at the FDA have an obligation to work with those who have the power...
...author of three earlier books condemning drugmakers, Silverman is a persistent gadfly, but an influential one. Among his targets are the biggest drug producers in the world. Switzerland's Ciba-Geigy, fourth in sales in the indus try, is accused in the report of dumping 30th clioquinol and aminopyrine. The West German giant Hoechst and E.R. Squibb and Sons, Inc., of Princeton, N.J., are charged with selling tetracycline in Southeast Asia without sufficient warnings that the antibiotic can discolor children's teeth. California-based Syntex Corp. is taken to task for failing to publish standard warnings on birth...
This dependency, often coupled with a lack of local government regulation, breeds corruption. Silverman says that in order to promote greater use of their products, some drug company representatives have bribed doctors and hospital administrators with cars or free university educations for their children. One Ciba-Geigy rep in the Philippines courted clients with pornographic films and prostitutes. More typical is the practice of distributing free drug samples to physicians, which the doctors then sell to patients for a profit. "It's the most effective incentive for overprescribing that I've seen," said Silverman. 'These people hand...
Many firms say that they simply meet the drug standards set by importing countries. Ciba, for example, says it had permission from Asian governments to market aminopyrines. And, as far as labeling is concerned, "we would have a complete description if they required it," says West German Drug Industry Spokesman Helmut Kathe...
...government-purchased drugs wind up in the hands of thieves. Black markets and roadside outlets for stolen pills flourish in much of Africa and Asia. Even when controls exist, enforcement may fail. Philippines officials told a TIME reporter that clioquinol is no longer available, yet the reporter bought it (Ciba's Mexaform) at a major Manila drugstore. Parke-Davis' chloramphenicol and Upjohn's tetracycline were also available-no prescriptions requested, no warnings offered...