Pharma Fellowship Turns To Mr Sneeze

Proprietary pharmaceutical giant Glaxo SmithKline has hitting upon a novel trend to promote its anti-allergy medicines, commissioning the writing of a novel Mr Men book, Mr Sneeze too His Allergies. The Mr Men, penned past times the belatedly Roger Hargreaves, were phenomenally pop with pocket-size children inward the 1970s too 1980s too spawned a plethora of trade spin-offs. Now, according to today’s Media Guardian, GSK is hiring Roger’s boy Adam to hit the novel tome which it the companionship volition expose equally business office of the roadshow publicity for its allergy medications. The books, which conclude with a direct to allergies too medications, are beingness used equally prizes for competitions inward the local press.

The storyline is equally follows: Mr Sneeze suffers from a summertime ailment he believes is a cold. His companion Little Miss Sunshine suggests he mightiness accept hay fever only his sneezing doesn't halt afterward he ploughs upward all his grass. Said a GSK spokesman: "It's a even out nearly misunderstanding allergy. The book's aim is to heighten awareness of allergies inward general, especially indoor allergies”.

Mr Sneeze was non available for comment. withal cautions: “This intelligence item is loaded with issues. First, on a technical legal note, commissioned industrial plant tin drive copyright problems, peculiarly if they accept illustrations. The fourth dimension to form out these issues out is earlier the event, too therefore equally non to run the opportunity of novel Mr Sneeze spin-offs providing a battleground betwixt competing commercial expectations. Secondly, on a strategic note, we’d similar to know nearly issues of exclusivity: at that topographic point are loads of Mr Men characters, others of whom may locomote quite useful for other pharma companies. Have GSK guarded against this? Thirdly ― too this is a big ethical number ― many people are uncomfortable with the persuasion of targeting drugs at children through a serial of books that commonly accept no hidden commercial agenda. On the other paw the IPKat welcomes anything that would Pb to a higher charge per unit of measurement of right diagnoses of potentially debilitating illnesses. It’s a query of striking the right balance”.

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