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Doctors On The Take: Aligning Tort Law To Address Drug Company Payments To Prescribers, Lars Noah
Doctors On The Take: Aligning Tort Law To Address Drug Company Payments To Prescribers, Lars Noah
Buffalo Law Review
The pharmaceutical and medical device industries aggressively market their wares to health care professionals, and the giving of gifts has become a central feature of this process. Most observers regard financial incentives tied to the use of specific therapeutic products as ethically impermissible, and various institutions have tried combating inappropriate gifts and payments to physicians: medical and industry groups adopted voluntary codes, federal agencies published advisory guidelines, and, most recently, state and federal legislatures enacted reporting laws. Self-regulation, threats of prosecution, and transparency initiatives have tempered the practice, but manufacturers continue to find clever ways of purchasing the loyalty of …