Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Hospital University of Pennsylvania - No Free Lunch!


There will be no more free lunches at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

No more notepads promoting a heartburn drug or pens pushing arthritis pills.

And medical students, no more Friday pharma buffet for you, either.

Less than five months after JAMA chastised doctors for accepting gifts and meals from the pharmaceutical industry, HUP announced a crackdown, requiring sales reps to make appointments to see doctors and forbidding even the smallest gifts - during office hours.

More here.

Insider's view: great start.

Lets shame the "Centres of Excellence" that continue to allow drug reps to "troll" their corridors.

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