THE RACGP is reportedly seeking
advice on the use of doctors’
details for marketing purposes,
in connection with dissemination
of prescribing information
via pharmacies to clients of
pharmaceutical data firm IMS.
The move follows letters sent
from IMS Health in recent days to
doctors across the country.
According to Australian Doctor,
the letter says “IMS has contractual
arrangements in place with
pharmacies for the transfer to IMS
from the pharmacies of certain
information, including potentially
data about you.
“This information is collected by
the pharmacies in the course of
fulfilling patient prescriptions.”
Doctors are told that they are able
to opt out of the program and have
their personal information deleted.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 18 Apr 13 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 18 Apr 13
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