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About Us

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:

• Document and disseminate information about how pharmaceutical companies influence prescribing
• Foster access to unbiased information about drugs
• Encourage physicians to choose pharma-free CME

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Who We Are

PharmedOut is led by a team of academic physicians; our volunteer network includes nurses, pharmacists, industry insiders, students and others. Contact PharmedOut

Adriane Fugh-Berman, Director
Nicole Dubowitz, Project Manager

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What We Do

Annual Reports:

2012 Annual Report
2011 Annual Report
2010 Annual Report

We provide lectures at Grand Rounds, meetings, medical student events, and conferences such as the following:

2013 Medical Behavior in a Commercial World: Who is Responsible?
2012 Missing the Target: When Practitioners Harm More Than Heal
2011 Pharma Knows Best? Managing Medical Knowledge
2010 Rx For Conflict

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.

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)

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.

• Our slideshows are open access and available for anyone to see, download, or use (we only ask that you credit us.) Permissions


• Our 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.


• Our news section provides a mix of mainstream and not-so-mainstream news. Subscribe to our RSS feed. Read our PharmedOut publications and media mentions.

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Disclosure: Dr. Fugh-Berman is a paid expert witness in litigation regarding pharmaceutical marketing practices.

Our Videos




Pharma Insider Part II
Opposition research
Watch on YouTube
(read transcript)

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Pharma Insider Part I
Off-label promotion under the radar
Watch on YouTube
(read transcript)

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The Art of Medical Writing
Pharma's anonymous writers
Watch on YouTube

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Drug Reps Talk Shop Part II
Drug reps continue their chat
Watch on YouTube

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Drug Reps Talk Shop Part I
Selling drugs to docs
Watch on YouTube

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Director of PharmedOut Explains the Project
Watch on YouTube

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