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No Drug Reps Certificate (pdf) Display this in your office.

Fast Facts on Generic Drugs Information for patients.

Drug Ad Bingo (pdf) An exercise for physicians-in-training on how to recognize sales techniques in pharmaceutical ads.

Sandwich Guide: PharmedOut Bring Your Own Lunch (BYOL) Tips and recipes.

Slide Shows

The Physician-Pharma Relationship
PharmedOut Grand Rounds Presentation (open access)
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References
Handout (text only--no graphics)
Learning Objectives (pre-post test available upon request)

Pharmaceutical Company Control of the Information Environment (PharmedOut: open access)

Persuading Prescribers (PharmedOut: open access)

New Drugs from Old: Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, Vol 44 No. 10 Oct 2006 presented at the Medical Journal Club, Morriston Hospital by Scott Pegler, Pharmacist at the National Health Service (UK) on November 20, 2006.

Separating the Wheat From the Chaff: Obtaining Useful Information from Pharmaceutical Representatives David C. Slawson and Allen F. Shaughnessy. From the University of Virginia and Tufts University Two-Day Information Mastery Course, module 12. University of Virginia Health System, Department of Family Medicine.

See also: Drug Information

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Our Videos



Pharma Insider II
Opposition research
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Pharma Insider I
Off-label promotion under the radar
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The Art of Medical Writing
Pharma's anonymous writers

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Drug Reps Talk Shop II
Drug reps continue their chat

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Drug Reps Talk Shop I Selling drugs to docs

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Director of PharmedOut Explains the Project

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Zyprexa Drug Rep Tells All Shahram Ahari describes how he sold the drug

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News

Scientific Fraud May Be More Widespread Than Thought
Poll finds few cases reported Bloomberg

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Pfizer Ends Direct Funding of Courses
Nonprofit CME unaffected WSJ

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Drug Makers Say FDA Safety Focus Is Slowing New-Medicine Pipeline
Pulling the plug on “big-sellers” WSJ

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Senator Slaps GSK Med Ed in Letter to ACCME
Prenatal herpes testing promoted against guidelines MM&M

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Glaxo Boosts Marketing of Smoking Aids Amid Pfizer Pill's Woes
Free samples go to pilots Bloomberg

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Weighing the Costs of a CT Scan's Look Inside the Heart
Docs profit from overused test NYT

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Implant Firms Pay Doctors Millions
51 docs paid a million each Philadelphia Inquirer

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FDA Panel Urges More Testing for Diabetes Drugs
Ensure heart risks not increased WP

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Doctors Under the Influence?
Chantix KOLs compare nicotine use to diabetes Businessweek

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Commentary

Deceptive Market Practices in the Marketplace of Ideas
“Think tanks” distorting health care debate Bioethics Forum

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You Have Now Been Sampled
Drug rep statements are misleading Pharmagossip

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