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Pharma reps tone down sales pitch, focus on service
If you think the pharmaceutical reps you see in your office have softened their sales pitches recently, you're not imagining things. According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, it's an
Medical societies financially tied to drugmakers
Concerns over conflicts of interest between pharmacy and medicine have caused several medical schools to kick drugmakers and marketers off their grounds . However, it seems medical societies still
Study: Free journals influenced by ads
It seems to be getting more and more difficult for physicians to gain access to unbiased information about the medications they prescribe--especially when that information is provided for free. The
SPOTLIGHT: AMA conflict of interest policy still in the works, a year later
Some might say a year of debate is long enough, even for Congress. But at the American Medical Association, they're taking their time over a new ethics policy designed to limit pharmaceutical company
IOM offers pharma-physician conflict-of-interest guidelines
Regulations, laws and policies limiting the way physicians interact with pharmaceutical and medical device companies have been flying thick and fast over the past couple of years. It's no surprise,
VT may toughen pharma regulations; Study says tight privacy laws slow EMR adoption;
> Vermont already requires drugmakers to list payments made to physicians, by dollar amounts. Now, lawmakers are looking to close a loophole that allows pharmas to keep some payments private by
AstraZeneca asks judge to nullify $215M drug-price lawsuit
Drugmaker AstraZeneca has asked an Alabama judge to nullify a jury verdict that ordered it to pay the state $215 million in damages in a Medicaid drug-price fraud suit. The state's 2005 suit accused
Pharma gift disclosure law wins Eli Lilly support
While its peers appear to be firmly opposed to such rules, pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has decided to support federal legislation that would require drugmakers to disclose payments to doctors.
ALSO NOTED: Plavix copycat on the rise in Europe; Hospital bills for services to dead patient; and much more...
> Pharma giants Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb are preparing to battle a copycat generic to its Plavix brand.
Trend: Medical schools discourage use of demeaning slang
Getting through medical school is a tough indoctrination into a close-knit fraternity, so it's no surprise that people develop their own culture. One aspect of that culture is the adoption of
