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Big Pharma Paying Doctors to Promote Drugs, But What About Politicans?

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Findlaw: "While much of yesterday's news regarding the Pfizer fines concentrated on 'off-label' marketing, the other area of large concern in the Pfizer case was its payment of doctors to promote and prescribe a whole host of drugs. As discussed in a recent New York Times article, pharmaceutical companies often pay doctors to speak about their drugs, or sponsor continuing medical education events which incorporate promotion of specific drugs."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on September 03, 2009 (boomark / email).

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