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Association of American Medical Colleges urges Ban on Medical Giveaways

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Gardiner Harris in the New York Times specifically reports:
Drug and medical device companies should be banned from offering free food, gifts, travel and ghost-writing services to doctors, staff members and students in all 129 of the nation’s medical colleges, an influential college association has concluded.

The case against these corrupting practices is convincing:
Drug companies spend billions [...]