Pharmaceutical exec gave lap dance ...
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That's a hard thing to do in pharma. They regulate themselves for the most part but no every company agreed to participate. To the best of my knowledge the larger companies agreed. That said, there aren't a lot of MDs out there that will prescribe a drug (especially with all sorts of health goals) just because someone brought in lunch or in this case paid for a lap dance. Device companies? That's a whole different story. (lol)
Not my experience, but yours may be different. We get lunch almost everyday from pharm reps and I don’t mean pizza.
They have tightened regulations somewhat and put restrictions on how much you can spend but it still happens frequently.
Let me be clear that I’m talking about changing a hypertension drug from a beta blocker to a dif class that’s equally as effective.
Giving a medicine that is unnecessary or harmful is just straight egregious.
Carry on.......
You've confirmed what I said earlier. There is no such thing as a MD changing his habits based on a lunch. The cost of the food doesn't matter because the most pharma companies allow Reps to spend up to $25 per person. Doesn't matter if it's four or forty. As you stated, the class change would be equally effective. The Sunshine Act was self-imposed.
In the segment of the health care industry I'm familiar with, medical testing, sales personnel are strictly regulated in regard to what they can offer clients or prospects. Undue financial inducements or other valuable consideration are prohibited.
However, as I understand it, this sales executive is accused of actually performing the lap dance herself to convince the client to prescribe her product. If you looked at the images of her you may understand the momentary temptation. On the other hand, it shouldn't have taken more than a few additional seconds to understand and squash the risk to his career, business, reputation, etc...
However, as I understand it, this sales executive is accused of actually performing the lap dance herself to convince the client to prescribe her product. If you looked at the images of her you may understand the momentary temptation. On the other hand, it shouldn't have taken more than a few additional seconds to understand and squash the risk to his career, business, reputation, etc...
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