title: [Plurality of provideurs of information on drugs].
abstract: The life cycle of pharmaceuticals is accompanied by information flows, from the first steps of biomedical research through the end stage i.e., the consumption by the users. The information flows are provided by a great number of people and organizations. They equally raise a great number of problems related to relevance, accuracy, safety, laws, ethics and the like. The article presents some of these problems in France. Undoubtedly they are common to nearly all countries.
authors.affiliation: à l'Université de Bordeaux II.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maurain
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising; D004346:Drug Information Services; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008402:Mass Media