P&U Detrol Campaign Finds Detractors in U.K Consumer Group
Executive Summary
The U.K.' s Consumer Association has asked the Blair government to review its policies on Rx advertising in the wake of the disease awareness TV campaign for Pharmacia & Upjohn's overactive bladder therapy Detrol/Detrusitol (tolterodine), launched Sept. 1.
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