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PharmedOut is an independent project run by physicians for physicians and other prescribers. Our goals are to:

Document and disseminate information about how pharmaceutical companies influence prescribing

Provide access to unbiased information about drugs

Encourage physicians to choose pharma-free CME

PharmedOut is led by a team of physicians and academics and is contributed to by a diverse group. The Principal Investigator is Adriane Fugh-Berman MD and the Project Manager is Alicia M. Bell MS. Contact PharmedOut

What We Do

We provide lectures at Grand Rounds, meetings, conferences, and medical student events. Invite PharmedOut to speak

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:

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.

PharmedOut slideshows are open access and available for anyone to see, download, or use (we only ask that you credit us.) How to use our materials

Patient factsheets are available: Fast Facts on Generic Drugs

Our PharmedOut videos provide illuminating glimpses behind the scenes through interviews with former and current industry insiders. Transcripts are available too.

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.

PharmedOut is funded through the Attorney General Consumer and Prescriber Education grant program, created as part of a 2004 settlement between Warner-Lambert, a division of Pfizer, Inc., and the Attorneys General of 50 States and the District of Columbia, to settle allegations that Warner-Lambert conducted an unlawful marketing campaign for the drug Neurontin® (gabapentin) that violated state consumer protection laws.

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Who We Are

Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD

Principal Investigator
Contact Dr. Fugh-Berman


Alicia M. Bell, MS

Project Manager
Contact Ms. Bell

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Our Videos



Pharma Insider II
Opposition research
(read transcript)

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Pharma Insider I
Off-label promotion under the radar
(read transcript)

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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

Drugs to Build Bones May Weaken Them
Long-term bisphosphonates associated with transverse fracture NYT

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Genentech Ends Midstage Studies of an Avastin Drug Combination
Sutent addition causes hemolytic anemia AP

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Grassley Targets Brown’s Keller Over Grants
Advocated Paxil for adolescents Pharmalot

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Vermont Doctors Collect Millions from Drug Firms
Psychiatrists head the list Burlington Free Press (read VT AG report)

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Drug Industry to Announce Revised Code on Marketing
Bans the pens, keeps the food NYT (read PhRMA press release; WSJ blog)

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Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties
30% of APA's funding from pharma NYT

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Follow-up Drug Studies are Becoming More Routine
Postmarketing studies required for 75% of new drugs Boston Globe

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Brazil Launches Cheap New Malaria Pill
Patent-free treatment Windsor Star

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Pill-popping Pets
Reconcile, Clonicalm, and other drugs NYT

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Eli Lilly Most Esteemed Pharma Company for Psychiatrists
Verispan finds Pfizer most esteemed overall MM&M

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Drugmakers Offer Aid To People 'On the Edge'
Needymeds site underutilized WP

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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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