Healthy Skepticism Library item: 15427
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Publication type: news
Nearly $3 million spent on drug marketing
Rutland Herald 2009 Apr 15
http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20090415/THISJUSTIN/904150288
Full text:
In the 12 months before July 1, 2008, 78 pharmaceutical manufacturers spent $2,935,248 on 2,280 Vermont doctors, hospitals, universities and others for the purpose of marketing their drugs.
“$3 million is a lot of money in a state our size,” said Attorney General William H. Sorrell.
Twenty-five doctors and nurses received more than $20,000 in cash or benefits from pharmaceutical companies, 10 received more than $50,000, and one psychiatrist received more than $112,000.
Today the attorney general released his sixth annual Report on Pharmaceutical Marketing Disclosures.
The disclosures do not include the costs of advertising in TV, radio, or print media.
