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Re:The Hidden Monopolies That Raise Drug Prices by dikdik on Thursday March 30, 2017 @03:27PM (#13998186)
Yes, I know a TON of doctors and used to work very closely with about 50 of them.

Well the solution to your problem is not to inundate them with misleading or false information from someone whose entire base of scientific knowledge comes from employer-led seminars. The solution would be to train more doctors, so they have more time with patients AND can be more effective physicians.

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Re:The Hidden Monopolies That Raise Drug Prices by refurb on Thursday March 30, 2017 @03:53PM (#13998367)
from someone whose entire base of scientific knowledge comes from employer-led seminars

You forgot to add that the scientific information is limited to the FDA approved label.

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Re:The Hidden Monopolies That Raise Drug Prices by dikdik on Thursday March 30, 2017 @06:38PM (#13999519)
While it should be, it's not. There has been lawsuit after lawsuit of pharma reps that promote off label uses of drugs among many more egregious acts (typically at the behest of the pharma companies).
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