In Brief: AMA/Sunbeam alliance
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
AMA/Sunbeam alliance: Sunbeam files suit Sept. 8 in the Federal District Court in Chicago in an effort to hold the American Medical Association to the terms of a five-year marketing/educational agreement, which included the use of the AMA symbol on over-the-counter Sunbeam health care products in exchange for inclusion of AMA educational materials with the products ("The Gray Sheet" Aug. 25, In Brief). AMA decided to put the agreement on hold after concerns were raised that the use of the association's symbol may be construed as product endorsement. Sunbeam says that AMA has notified them that they do not intend to honor the contract. "The AMA cannot just change its mind and expect to walk away from [the] agreement because of adverse publicity directed at the AMA," Al Dunlap, chairman of Sunbeam, said in a Sept. 8 release...