Charles Medawar Esq
Social Audit Limited
P.O. Box 111
London NW1 8XE

24 January 2000

 

Dear Mr. Medawar,

Thank you for your letter of 19 January 2000.

I am aware of the correspondence between you and the President of the Patients Association.

As you ask I enclose a copy of the Patients Associations Annual Report, a copy of the latest edition of Patient Voice and a number of patient information leaflets that we produce as an organisation.

You ask where the Patients Association stands on a number of issues. I will take each item separately.

1. Product endorsement. I can categorically state that during my time as Director of the Patients Association it has never and will never endorse a product of any nature.

2. Receipt of Money From Pharmaceutical Companies. The Patients Association has received financial support from a number of companies over a period of years; some of these companies have indeed been pharmaceutical companies. However, we have received support from not just one company but many; therefore we feel that we are not biased in any way towards one particular company. At no time have any of our corporate supporters attempted to dictate policy to the Patients Associations. We have always been and will remain the independent voice of the patient.

3. Direct to Consumer Advertising. This is an issue that I will be taking to the next Council meeting and hope that it will be discussed under any other business. If time runs out it will be discussed in March. I will be in touch with you shortly.

I hope that I have answered your questions, and that you now see the Patients Association for what it is, a totally transparent organisation that declares all relationships. 

Yours sincerely,

Mike Stone

Director

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