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Shai Mulinari and Piotr Ozieranski argue healthcare professionals and organisations should respond more forcefully to unethical marketing and support stronger regulatory action
The marketing practices used by pharmaceutical companies have been a longstanding concern,12 with controversial techniques including the use of medical opinion leaders and third parties such as patient advocacy groups. In many jurisdictions, including Europe,3 Japan,4 Canada,5 and Australia,6 marketing by pharmaceutical companies is largely regulated by the industry itself, based on codes of practice drawn up by national industry trade groups. The UK has one of the most advanced and extensively studied self-regulatory systems in Europe78910 and globally (box 1).34
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### UK’s pharmaceutical industry self-regulation
Oversight of prescription drug marketing in the UK is delegated by the medicines and medical device regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), to the industry