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In the November issue of Prescrire International: Ending pharmaceutical sales representatives' access to hospitals and students

FREE DOWNLOAD In-person promotion of drugs to healthcare professionals by pharmaceutical sales representatives, known as pharmaceutical detailing, has been shown to influence doctors' prescribing behaviour. A US study looked at ways to limit this influence.
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Summary

  • A large-scale case-control study has evaluated policies introduced by US hospitals to limit the influence of pharmaceutical detailing. The most restrictive policies led to a modest but significant decrease in the prescribing of drugs promoted in this way.
     
  • In France, a number of developments underway in hospitals and universities in 2018 could bring about positive change.

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 ©Prescrire 1 November 2018

"Ending pharmaceutical sales representatives' access to hospitals and students" Prescrire Int 2018; 27 (198): 278-279. (Pdf, free)

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