Healthy Skepticism Library item: 9530

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Publication type: Journal Article

Bamberger DR.
Industry responds to new law on drug diversion
Pharmaceutical Executive 1989 Sep; 9:100, 102, 104, 106

Abstract:

The results of a survey of 37 pharmaceutical companies concerning how they had changed policies on drug samples in anticipation of the passage of the Prescription Drug Marketing Act and how they are dealing with some of the ambiguous parts of the law are presented. The implications for company policies are also discussed and a cautious course of action to avoid premature implementation of expensive audit and security systems is proposed.