Restricting Drug Samples May Reduce Costs Carlat Reports

Restricting Drug Samples May Reduce Costs

The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Volume 7, Number 9, September 2009
https://www.thecarlatreport.com/newsletter-issue/tcprv7n9/

From The Carlat Psychiatry Report, September 2009, Topics in Neuropsychiatry

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Section editor, Glen Spielmans, PhD

Drug samples are a staple of pharmaceutical marketing. The drug industry argues, quite logically, that samples are useful to treat patients who lack the funds to purchase medications. Yet some reformers have called for drug samples to be banned, an idea that has received a decidedly mixed reception.

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Section editor, Glen Spielmans, PhD

Glen Spielmans, PhD, has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies ertaining to this educational activity.