Drugs and prescribing

Have drug companies really curbed gifts to doctors at medical conferences?

Banning pharmaceutical companies from handing out token items to doctors at conferences is so tip of the iceberg. I have tales to tell of conferences past, where the excesses were beyond farcical. As a medical reporter covering such meetings, I…

Banning pharmaceutical companies from handing out token items to doctors at conferences is so tip of the iceberg.

I have tales to tell of conferences past, where the excesses were beyond farcical. As a medical reporter covering such meetings, I have seen everything. When my kids were young, I enjoyed roaming the floor of the exhibit hall along with the docs, collecting such swag as bouncy balls that lit on impact, …

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Have drug companies really curbed gifts to doctors at medical conferences?