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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)

Prescription Drug Marketing What consumers need to know.

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

Drug Firms Turn to Private Docs to Promote Products
University ethics policies tightened Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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J&J Pushed Risperdal After Warning, Files Show
FDA ignored; CME supported off-label uses Bloomberg

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NIH Should Disclose Financial Conflicts
Public database requested Pharmalot

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Diabetes Heart Treatments May Cause Harm
Normalizing BP and postprandial hyperglycemia don't help NYT

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Grassley Tells PBMs To Disclose Ties To Pharma
Drugmakers may provide financial benefits Pharmalot

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Analysis Finds Vioxx's Heart Attack Risk in 2001
35% increase in CV events WSJ

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States, Consumer Advocates Challenge Rx Data Mining
FDA has been silent Chicago Tribune

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Researcher Seeks New Treatments in Old Drugs
Bioinformatics promising Houston Chronicle

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Some Doctors Say No More Free Lunches
“Goodies” are a conflict of interest Rapid City Journal

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Study Raises Questions About Cholesterol Drug’s Benefit
Niacin bests Zetia NYT

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Drug Makers Raise Prices in Face of Health Care Reform
Wholesale prices up 9% NYT

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Commentary

Mammography and the Corporate Breast
Conflicts of USPSTF critics not mentioned Bioethics Forum

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