Corporate Influences

Question 1

Corporate strategies to influence public health

Answer 1

1. Lobbying
2. Front/trade groups
3. Corporate Social Responsibility
4. Distinctive framing
5. Distortion of science
6. Regulatory tactics
   7 advertising
7. Public relations

Question 2

What major innovation was made to regulation post thalidomide

Answer 2

Testing for safety in pregnancy

Question 3

What DES ever patented?

Answer 3

No!
Was then marketed by slot of different companies

Question 4

Lessons for regulation derived from DES. scandal?

Answer 4

1. Better record keeping on exposure to a drug in case safety follow up is needed
2. Need for RCT evidence of effectiveness
3. Need for better testing if drugs in use of pregnancy
4. Possibility of long term harm for meds use
5. Listen to consumers!

Question 5

What is Priority registeration and Provisional approval

Answer 5

Priority registration = new prescription medicine pr new indication.
Treats serious diseases
Compares favourably against existing options

Provisional approval =
Evidence of a plan to submit comprehensive clinical data
Eg. Covid vaccines

Question 6

6 major recommendations on Medicine Shortages

Answer 6

1. Advance transparency = each country should establish a publicly accessible means of providing info (timely, as complete as possible focused on current shortages and their causes
2. To make a list of critical or vulnerable products
3. All procurers of meds should move towards active procurement processes that accurately the continuity of supply of quality meds
4. Remove unnecessary variability of regulatory practices
5. Establish a national body charged with gathering and sharing info about demand and supply of meds
6. Develop evidence based risk mitigation strategies