The once warm relationship of physicians and pharmaceutical reps bearing samples and sandwiches is getting colder, although many prescribers may wish it were otherwise. The percentage of physicians ...

Many Americans do not remember life before direct-to-consumer (DTC) “ask your doctor” drug ads selling expensive, sometimes dangerous drugs for diseases many had not heard of until the ads. The ads ...

A recent article published by JAMA found pharmaceutical industry-sponsored meals valued at less than $20 were associated with higher rates of prescribing certain brand name medications. But is it fair ...

The employees of drug manufacturers who try to persuade doctors to prescribe their products are salesmen, even though they don't actually sell anything, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled ...

We have often written about our irritation with prescription drug ads on television. Like many of you, we hate the idea that powerful pharmaceuticals with the potential to do great harm if used ...