DRUG FIRMS APPEAL ACCC CODE

The medicine industry's self-regulatory body is appealing against the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) new code of conduct. The updated edition of the code includes new measures to ensure pharmaceutical companies are not influencing patient treatment. ABC (http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200608/s1716817.htm) (http://www.keralanext.com/news/index.asp?id=805965)