Pennyaline wrote:
>
> Dave Smith wrote:
> > Would you prefer to get a prescription for a drug that you have been
> > informed about and heard the risks of, or would you prefer to get a
> > prescription for a drug from a company whose salesman just took the
> > doctor out for a nice dinner, gave him some pens, mugs and a bunch of
> > free samples?
>
> There are limits on how much of that goes on now. Meals, pens, mugs and
> free samples alone are not educational, and the focus for Pharma groups
> now is education over blatant promotion.
>
> Of course, the educational programs put on by pharmaceutical companies
> is barely-disguised promotion, but there is some genuinely informative
> content as well.

There is indeed. The conferences can be a good source of information if
the reps are approached in the right way.