• Internal medicine journal · Apr 2011

    Comparative Study

    Eliciting views of Australian pharmaceutical industry employees on collaboration and the concept of Quality Use of Medicines.

    • N Wang, W L Lipworth, J E Ritchie, K M Williams, and R O Day.
    • Faculty of Medicine and 2 School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia.
    • Intern Med J. 2011 Apr 1; 41 (4): 314-20.

    BackgroundPharmaceutical industry involvement in biomedicine has produced major benefits but has also caused concern. At present, there is no consensus as to how medical and government organizations should relate to the pharmaceutical industry and this is partly due to the absence of systematic study of the various alternatives. In Australia industry cooperation has been elicited through the 'Quality Use of Medicines' (QUM) framework within the 'National Medicines Policy'. Little is known about the way employees of pharmaceutical companies respond to the QUM policy and strategies.AimsTo examine the engagement of the Australian pharmaceutical industry with QUM with a view to assisting medical, government and consumer organizations who may wish to collaborate with industry.MethodsWe carried out a qualitative study using in-depth, semistructured interviews with industry employees, primarily from medical and regulatory affairs departments.ResultsEmployees of pharmaceutical companies claim that collaboration is important, and that they are altruistic and committed to QUM. At the same time, there is little evidence from this study to support the notion that QUM has brought about structural changes to industry or is positioned as the central goal or framework in designing a company's operational strategies. Moreover, there is a significant degree of ambivalence towards governments and medical organizations.ConclusionsEmployees within the pharmaceutical industry claim a commitment to collaboration and QUM. While these claims cannot be taken entirely at face value, there is potential for meaningful collaboration with industry.© 2011 The Authors. Internal Medicine Journal © 2011 Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

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