Family doctors promote, but not with full marks, the quality of the information received from drug sales representatives. Out of a general score from 0 to 100, the average 'appreciation' is 67, with higher marks on the completeness (69) and on the usefulness and usability of the data and news provided (67), while a lower 'vote' is given by the 'white coats' to credibility: the score stops at 63.
This is what emerges from a survey conducted on a sample of 310 family doctors by the Medical Pharmacology Unit of the University of Verona, in collaboration with the Smith Kline Foundation, presented in Rome at the conference on “Scientific information on the new drug sceneri”, organized by the magazine 'Political economy of drugs'. In the light of the results emerging from the survey, the authors launch a proposal. "Although limited to a small sample - they comment - the survey has shown that it is possible to monitor the quality of scientific information". Hence the proposal “create an independent national observatory on scientific drug information, promoted by institutions, industry, medical associations and
other interested operators, citizens and patients".
This is what emerges from a survey conducted on a sample of 310 family doctors by the Medical Pharmacology Unit of the University of Verona, in collaboration with the Smith Kline Foundation, presented in Rome at the conference on “Scientific information on the new drug sceneri”, organized by the magazine 'Political economy of drugs'. In the light of the results emerging from the survey, the authors launch a proposal. "Although limited to a small sample - they comment - the survey has shown that it is possible to monitor the quality of scientific information". Hence the proposal “create an independent national observatory on scientific drug information, promoted by institutions, industry, medical associations and
other interested operators, citizens and patients".
