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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?