Drug Sales Visits Affect Doctors Little- U.S. Study
“The billions that drug companies spend on personal visits to promote new drugs and hand out free samples to doctors have little effect on how doctors prescribe drugs, according to a study published on Wednesday.”
The “number needed to treat” so to speak, is 26 free samples to induce a physician to write one new prescription.





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