Drug Companies Spend Millions on Gifts to Doctors
"Pharmaceutical companies try to sway doctors with gifts as little as coffee mugs and as lavish as $25,000 speaking engagements, according to a report released Thursday.
Doctors are pushed to prescribe expensive prescription drugs through a variety of means, according to the study by consumer groups.
However, the report could not find a direct link between the gifts and physicians doing the bidding of drug companies.
Still, 'the report really bolsters the case for drug company oversight,' said Blair Horner, of the New York Public Interest Research Group, who co-wrote the study. 'Drug companies spend billions of dollars to convince doctors to prescribe their drugs.'"
Read the full article in The Ithaca Journal here.
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