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No Drug Reps Certificate (U.S. version) Display this in your office.

No Drug Reps Certificate (Countries with national health systems)

Fast Facts on Generic Drugs Information for patients.

Drug Ad Bingo (pdf) An exercise for physicians-in-training on how to recognize sales techniques in pharmaceutical ads.

Sandwich Guide: PharmedOut Bring Your Own Lunch (BYOL) Tips and recipes.

Slide Shows

The Physician-Pharma Relationship
PharmedOut Grand Rounds Presentation (open access)
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References
Handout (text only--no graphics)
Learning Objectives (pre-post test available upon request)

Pharmaceutical Company Control of the Information Environment (PharmedOut: open access)

Persuading Prescribers (PharmedOut: open access)

New Drugs from Old: Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, Vol 44 No. 10 Oct 2006 presented at the Medical Journal Club, Morriston Hospital by Scott Pegler, Pharmacist at the National Health Service (UK) on November 20, 2006.

Separating the Wheat From the Chaff: Obtaining Useful Information from Pharmaceutical Representatives David C. Slawson and Allen F. Shaughnessy. From the University of Virginia and Tufts University Two-Day Information Mastery Course, module 12. University of Virginia Health System, Department of Family Medicine.

See also: Drug Information

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Our Videos



Pharma Insider II
Opposition research
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Pharma Insider I
Off-label promotion under the radar
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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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