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flukus on July 26, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: McKinsey Advised Johnson and Johnson on Increasing...

In Australia you're allowed to advertise about the existence and symptoms of medical conditions just not to recommend any specific treatment other than "talk to your doctor". The pharmacist is also obliged to offer generic versions of drugs at purchase.

kube-system on July 26, 2019 [–]

I think that’s a good compromise.

BTW, it’s actually pretty common in many US states for pharmacists to be required by law to fill prescriptions with their generic equivalents.

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