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PharmedOut is a Georgetown University Medical Center project that advances evidence-based prescribing and educates healthcare professionals about pharmaceutical marketing practices. Our goals are to:
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Document and disseminate information about how pharmaceutical companies influence prescribing
Foster access to unbiased information about drugs
Encourage physicians to choose pharma-free CME
PharmedOut is led by a team of academic physicians; our volunteer
network includes nurses, pharmacists, industry insiders, students and
others. PharmedOut is directed by Adriane Fugh-Berman MD.
Contact PharmedOut
We provide lectures at Grand Rounds, meetings, medical student events, and conferences such as the following:
Invite PharmedOut to speak (Lecture Topics)
We provide access to free, web-based, pharma-free CME – enough for any physician in the U.S to fulfill annual CME requirements without taking industry-funded courses.
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PharmedOut CME Modules:
The Pharmalyzer: Are You Prescribing Under the Influence? (3.0 CME credits)
Drug Approval in the U.S. (1.0 CME credit)
Generic Drugs: Prescribing Sensibly (1.0 CME credit)
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Links to more than 200 more credits of web-based, free, pharma-free CME
We provide news, information, and resources, including our own slideshows, videos, and other audio-visual material, reading recommendations, resources for unbiased drug information, factsheets, and tools for teaching--including the popular Drug Ad Bingo.
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PharmedOut slideshows are open access and available for anyone to see, download, or use (we only ask that you credit us.)
Permissions
Teaching tools (including Drug Ad Bingo) and Patient Factsheets (including Fast Facts on Generic Drugs and Prescription Drug Marketing: What Consumers Need to Know) are available.
Our journal articles include:
• Haunting the Medical Literature: How ghostwriting sold HRT
• Why Lunch Matters
• Ethical Considerations of Publication Planning in the Pharmaceutical
Industry
• Prescription Tracking and Public Health
• Following the Script: How Drug Reps Make Friends and Influence Doctor
• Off-Label Promotion, On-Target Sales
Our PharmedOut videos, including Zyprexa Drug Rep, provide illuminating glimpses behind the scenes through interviews with former and current industry insiders. Transcripts are also available.
PharmedOut was founded through the Attorney General Consumer and Prescriber Education grant program (AGCPGP) and is currently funded through individual donations. Please consider supporting us!
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Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD
Director
Susan Poland
Project Manager
Disclosure: Dr. Fugh-Berman is a paid expert witness in litigation regarding pharmaceutical marketing practices.
Our Videos
Pharma Insider II
Opposition research
(read transcript)
Pharma Insider I
Off-label promotion under the radar
(read transcript)
The Art of Medical Writing
Pharma's anonymous writers
Drug Reps Talk Shop II
Drug reps continue their chat
Drug Reps Talk Shop I Selling drugs to docs
Director of PharmedOut Explains the Project
Zyprexa Drug Rep Tells All Shahram Ahari describes how he sold the drug
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