Drug safety and the media

Article date: February 2006

By: Patrick C. Waller, Stephen J. W. Evans, Keith Beard, in Volume 61, Issue 2, pages 123-126

This article reviews the problems that may arise as a result of media coverage of drug safety issues. In order to promote more balanced coverage and avoid unnecessary scares, professionals working in the area of drug safety should rethink their strategies for dealing with the media.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2005.02528.x

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