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Internet sites
There must be control over the content of professional sites
From Mr M. Goble, MRPharmS
I share Richard
Croker’s concern at the availability of prescription-only
medicines on internet auction sites (PJ, 7 May, p543).
The Pharmaceutical Journal’s website now has a Google search facility.
After performing a search for “ranitidine” I was concerned
to find that, along with the various PJ articles, there was a sponsored
link to an internet auction site offering the prescription only product
for sale.
Searches on terms like “cancer” bring up links to alternative
therapy and diet websites while a search on “pro plus” provided
some very dubious links indeed — are these sites vetted for suitability
by The Journal?
While the Royal Pharmaceutical Society is not in a position to regulate
non pharmacy web sites, I believe there must be control over the content
of professional sites such as PJ Online.
What is the current policy at the PJ for vetting
Google-sponsored links?
Mark Goble
Northolt
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MIKE THOMPSON, editor, PJ Online, replies:
PJ Online is subject to
the same standards and editorial control as all PJ publications. We
cannot
be responsible for the content of external websites, but all sites
to which we post links are vetted in advance and many are rejected.
Google’s
free search facility is in temporary use while we consider developments
to PJ Online. The results Google generates are not links from PJ
Online.
Sponsors of Google links cannot be under our control or vetted. |
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