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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9270
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/health

Community legislation on patient information remains deficient despite urgent call for improvements

Brussels, 21/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - Rapid progress in the field of health and medical science has not, unfortunately, been accompanied by similar progress on patient information. And yet patients are urgently asking for more active involvement in the treatment process and for information on the most appropriate medicines. The danger mainly lies in the diffusion of misleading commercial information that can hide advertising messages by pharmaceutical companies. Friends of Europe, Etienne...

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