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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

To Ban Drug Reps...

Task Force: Ban Drug Reps From 'Ivory Towers'
Published: Dec 10, 2013
Drug sales reps should be banned from academic medical centers, but mingling between faculty and pharma researchers is not a problem, according to a conflict-of-interest task force.
"Pharmaceutical sales representatives should not be allowed access to any faculty, students, or trainees in academic medical centers or affiliated entities," the task force, convened by the Pew Charitable Trusts, wrote in a 30-page report released Tuesday . "However, faculty may invite pharmaceutical scientists for specific educational or scientific discussions that do not involve marketing of a specific product."/.../

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