The nationally produced drug information bulletins, the Medicines Resource Centre Bulletin and the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, are recognised for their critical style and impartiality. As such, they are important sources of information for health professionals involved in the evaluation of medicines, most notably drug information pharmacists and prescribing advisers.
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