Affiliations: Department of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation | Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Waikato Clinical School, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand | Emeritus fellow, UK Cochrane Centre, London, UK
Note: [] Address for correspondence: Lilia E. Ziganshina, Department of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation. E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Kazan hosted Russia's first international conference on medicines that was entirely independent of the pharmaceutical industry, attracting 414 participants from 9 countries and 20 regions of the Russian Federation. The meeting was greeted and endorsed by world leaders in pharmaceutical information, policy and regulation. Delegates discussed the professional and social problems arising from unethical drug promotion, including compromised evidence from clinical trials and consequent impairments in health service delivery. The Conference adopted a resolution prioritizing policy development and health system needs, notably including the development of clinical pharmacology. A website documents conference materials and provides an interface for future collaboration: http://evidenceupdate-tatarstan.ru/confer.
Keywords: Independent, conflicts of interest, bias, medicine information, drug promotion, ethical standards, pharmaceutical policy, health system, clinical pharmacology, Russia
