8/23/2004 3:00:00 PM
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To: National Desk
Contact: Kim Becker of the American Medical Student Association, 703-620-6600 ext. 207; prel@www.amsa.org
RESTON, Va., Aug. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation's largest, independent medical student organization, with nearly 50,000 members, today announces a national campaign, The Amnesty Campaign, which will collect pharmaceutical marketing paraphernalia, including pens, post-it notes, mugs, calendars and more from medical students across the country. The campaign is the first in a number of events leading up to National PharmFree Day, which will be recognized on December 8, 2004.
National PharmFree Day will serve as a day of action where medical students, residents and physicians alike to speak out against the pharmaceutical industry's biased marketing practices.
AMSA developed the PharmFree Campaign in collaboration with No Free Lunch and Dr. Bob Goodman two years ago to educate and train medical students to professionally and ethically interact with the pharmaceutical industry. AMSA is the only medical organization to ban all pharmaceutical advertising in its publications and events.
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