HOW TO ... Restrict access to Websites delivering pharmaceutical information

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Are you providing drug information through a website to doctors and pharmacists?Be aware that European law envisages information on drugs for human use asadvertising, particularly the information provided by pharmaceutical industries(EU directive 92/28). Be aware also that in certain countries also the prescribing information (leaflets for patients and datasheet for doctors) must be delivered to health professionals only to avoid undue pressure from the patient in the giving of prescriptions. According to European law, drug information should be conveyedexclusively to doctors (prescribers) and pharmacists (dispensers) of drugs. To protect your website therefore you should implement a reliable procedure of selected accesses for the areas where you are supplying advertising on drugs -a sort of headache in internet.