Big Pharma and Doctors, or the Influence of the Pharmaceutical Industry

Why do so many doctors still think they are invincible to Big Pharma’s influence?

Doctors Are Under the Influence of Pharma Drugs” The bottom line for any for-profit company is to sell their product, and since the pharmaceutical industry can’t sell drugs directly to patients, they convince doctors to prescribe them.
The more a doctor sees or hears the name of a drug, whether through drug reps, brochures or seeing the name on stationery, the more likely the drug is to be prescribed. ”

Read Doctors Are Under the Influence of Pharma Drugs by Ritika Goel, 04/02/2013.

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