Healthy Skepticism Inc is an international non-profit organisation whose main aim is to "improve health by reducing harm from misleading drug promotion".
It was begun by an Australian medical student, Peter R. Mansfield, who had the idea for the organisation during his final year elective in Bangladesh in 1982.
MaLAM initially focused on campaigning against questionable marketing practices in developing countries.
These included the promotion of appetite stimulants, tonics and anabolic steroids to parents of malnourished children.
In 2001, the organisation's name was changed to Healthy Skepticism and its work widened to include research, education and advocacy about misleading drug promotion in all countries.