Comments on: Should Drug Marketing Stay Out of Med Schools? http://blog.pharmtech.com/2009/05/12/should-drug-marketing-stay-out-of-med-schools/ The blog of Pharmaceutical Technology magazine Thu, 09 May 2013 23:30:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: CMCguy http://blog.pharmtech.com/2009/05/12/should-drug-marketing-stay-out-of-med-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-13745 CMCguy Fri, 15 May 2009 18:24:57 +0000 http://blog.pharmtech.com/?p=1264#comment-13745 By all means halt the flow of Trinkets that have such great power to sway MDs, or apparently those in training. Let's eliminate every type "business lunches/dinners" altogether, not just for MDs/Staff, as we known "way to the heart is through the stomach (well in men at least)" so there must be a level field for everyone is Sales/Marketing regardless of products. While on such a Crusade make sure drug/device companies (and those who work in them) should likewise stop making any Charitable Donations to Hospitals/Med Schools because of the influence that might attach. Who needs new facilities build or maintained anyway. No "Academic discounts" should apply to medicines and equipment so that institutions will pay full fare. No Consulting Fees or support for Clinical Trials from industry. All these various "Subsidies" support and help fund Med Schools or aid to keep some Profs in Academia (who could otherwise make much more elsewhere). I am sure most Med Students can afford large increases in tuition and taking on more debt as long as live in Pharma-free environment. But wait the Government will pay for everything and will not demand anything in return, right? I can't argue with appropriate disclosure and definite COI rules however I offer greater respect for intelligence/ethics of MDs in these situations than some critics out there seem to advocate. By all means halt the flow of Trinkets that have such great power to sway MDs, or apparently those in training. Let’s eliminate every type “business lunches/dinners” altogether, not just for MDs/Staff, as we known “way to the heart is through the stomach (well in men at least)” so there must be a level field for everyone is Sales/Marketing regardless of products.

While on such a Crusade make sure drug/device companies (and those who work in them) should likewise stop making any Charitable Donations to Hospitals/Med Schools because of the influence that might attach. Who needs new facilities build or maintained anyway. No “Academic discounts” should apply to medicines and equipment so that institutions will pay full fare. No Consulting Fees or support for Clinical Trials from industry. All these various “Subsidies” support and help fund Med Schools or aid to keep some Profs in Academia (who could otherwise make much more elsewhere). I am sure most Med Students can afford large increases in tuition and taking on more debt as long as live in Pharma-free environment. But wait the Government will pay for everything and will not demand anything in return, right?

I can’t argue with appropriate disclosure and definite COI rules however I offer greater respect for intelligence/ethics of MDs in these situations than some critics out there seem to advocate.

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