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The Campaign for Freedom of Information |
Articles on the
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These articles appeared in the Campaign's Secrets newspaper in August 1993.
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Government Blocks the Bill |
| How the government and pharmaceutical industry defeated this private members bill drafted and promoted by the Campaign in conjunction with Social Audit and the National Consumer Council. | |
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Companies Use Freedom of Information |
| Pharmaceutical companies use the US Freedom of Information Act to obtain the same safety data on their competitors products that they want to deny to UK consumers. | |
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What the Bill Proposed |
| Details of what the Bill proposed should be made public. | |
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Fraudulent Research |
| The Bill would have helped combat the problem of fraudulent scientific research being used to justify unsafe products. | |
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Pharmaceutical Industry Tactics in Fighting the Bill |
| Unsavoury measures were relied upon by the industry to defeat the Bill. | |
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Decisions on medicines licensing taken in secret |
| Examples of what is hidden away from the public at present. |
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