States Cracking Down on Big Pharma Gifts to Docs
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on January 27th, 2010 in Health Care Policy, In The News, Linked Articles.
Do pharmaceutical gifts to doctors improve patient care… or is the relationship just a bit too cozy for comfort? Are they helping doctors to gain important information about available prescription medications, or attempting to influence them into prescribing high-cost drugs for the wrong reasons?
Almost two-thirds of Americans currently use medicines, 49 percent of those being prescription drugs and 30 percent over-the-counter, and 32 million Americans take three or more medications daily.
With billions of dollars at stake every year, pharmaceutical companies, physicians, and state legislators have differing views… as do patients.
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