My good friends at pharmaregulations have one hot off the press written with their usual style. They are kinda’ knocking me out of this area of reporting, their stuff is so good. And that is just fine. I have plenty of ground to cover and they cover this brilliantly. It’s not a long post. Give it a read. It’s good stuff.

James Pilant

The pharma blogosphere is exploding today with breaking news about a marketing practice by drug companies: your doctor might be on their payroll. Propublica, a company dedicated to "journalism in the public interest", compiled a report of all doctors in all states that received kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies to prescribe their name-brand (more expensive) drug even if there is a generic form available. The data is only on seven companies … Read More

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