Belgium's research-based drug industry representative body, pharma.be, and the Belgian Pharmaceutical Association (APB) - a pharmacists' group - have united to defend the sector against media claims that unsafe or ineffective medicines are being sold to the public. The allegations in Le Soir's magazine supplement suggested that "hundreds" of over-the-counter or prescription-only drugs that are listed by the Belgian Pharmaco-therapeutic Information Center (CBIP) have an unfavorable risk/ benefit performance or are not significantly efficaceous.
Physicians must be allowed to exercise their judgement
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