Ineffective self-regulation in the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries

Although the pharmaceutical business itself is probably the most truly global of all industries, drug controls are managed on a very insular, national level, as though the rest of the world did not exist. Drugs are sold globally, but withdrawn nationally. Doctors in each country usually have to discover problems with a drug independently of those in other countries.

1. Unethical pharmaceutical practices
2. Ineffective self-regulation in the health care sector

1. Refusal to market new drugs
2. Inadequate testing of drugs
3. Inadequate drug classification

1. Obstruction of governmental medical reform
2. Non-responsiveness of transnational corporations to pharmaceutical needs
3. Marketing of banned pharmaceutical drugs
4. Inadequate health services
5. Hazardous medical use of silicon gel
6. Excessive influence of pharmaceutical manufacturers over doctors
7. Cultural bias in medicine
8. Confusion among drugs with similar names
9. Synthesis of human molecules by foreign organisms for pharmaceutical purposes

1. Restrictive practices in trade in pharmaceutical products
2. Excessive availability of contraceptives

1. Reforming pharmaceutical usage in public health