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Drug Samples Handed Out by Doctors Pose Risk to Patient Health

6/3/2009 - Countless U.S. doctors regularly give away free drug samples provided by the pharmaceutical industry to their patients. It's a practice that may simply seem, at first glance, like an altruistic way to help sick people save money. However, two academics have written a report just published in PLoS Medicinethat...

Free Drug Samples Usually Go to Wealthiest Patients

8/2/2008 - Contrary to claims by the pharmaceutical industry, it is usually wealthier and insured patients who receive free drug samples, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Harvard Medical School and the Cambridge Health Alliance and published in the American Journal of Public Health. Researchers...

Free drug samples influence prescribing, say one in three doctors (press release)

11/21/2006 - One in three doctors agree that free drug samples influence prescribing, finds a small but representative US survey published in the Journal of Medical Ethics. But they also think that other doctors are more likely to be influenced by incentives than they are, the data show. In March 2003, the...

Doctors say free drug samples influence prescribing behavior, but still think the influence is ethical

10/3/2006 - According to a new study published in the Journal of Medical Ethics, most doctors believe accepting free drug samples from pharmaceutical companies is ethical, though the majority believe other doctors are more likely to be influenced by such incentives than they are. Researchers surveyed nearly...

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