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		<title>Why the ban on prescription medicine ads is a joke</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/ban-on-prescription-medicine-advertising-is-a-joke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the ban on direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicines, drug companies have plenty of sneaky tricks up their lab-coat sleeves to keep their products in the public eye, writes <b>Dr Agnes Vitry</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Never mind the politicians, what about funded trips for doctors?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amidst all the public angst about politicians accepting trips and other gifts, these practices continue unabated amongst the medical profession, writes <b>Melissa Sweet</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Medicines Australia: Time for a crackdown on junkets</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/30/medicines-australia-time-for-a-crackdown-on-junkets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no reason why appropriate standards of conduct should not be enforceable for all pharmaceutical companies, writes <b>Ian Chalmers</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>The ties that bind: how big pharma buys a good press</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/19/the-ties-that-bind-how-big-pharma-buys-a-good-press/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/19/the-ties-that-bind-how-big-pharma-buys-a-good-press/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While efforts are underway in Australia and elsewhere to disentangle the ties between doctors and drug companies (as reported in Crikey yesterday), the spotlight should also be illuminating another influential profession’s conflicts of interest.]]></description>
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