title: The pharmaceutical industry's experiment with a consumer advisory panel: an inside view.
abstract: Over the past decade, knowledgeable and organized consumers, government regulation and old-fashioned competition have pushed industries into experiments to involve consumers in decision making. The drug industry's consumer advisory panel was one such attempt--on the whole, a productive one.
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D003254:Consumer Advocacy; D004345:Drug Industry; D006801:Humans; D011641:Public Relations; D014481:United States