Drugs and prescribing

The unholy alliance between Big Pharma and the medical profession

An excerpt from The Truth About Statins. Like all physicians, I’ve had interactions with pharmaceutical companies. Shortly after I went into private practice in Rhode Island in 1977, I received a telephone call from a drug company representative. He offered…

An excerpt from The Truth About Statins.

Like all physicians, I’ve had interactions with pharmaceutical companies. Shortly after I went into private practice in Rhode Island in 1977, I received a telephone call from a drug company representative. He offered me an all-expense-paid weeklong trip to Germany to attend a medical conference. I was taken aback, knowing that the cost of such a trip would run to thousands of dollars. I …

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The unholy alliance between Big Pharma and the medical profession