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Melody Petersen, author of Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves Into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Your Call 031909 How do drug companies market medication?
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Why should market access to customers for drug companies be different than that for others? Pharma co’s are already regulated as to the claims they can make. Who is going to let us know about treatment options and distinctions – since doctors spend less than 10 minutes with us now thanks to the health insurance industry? We get our drugs in bulk by mail from benefits managers whose interests are in cheapest, one-size-fits-all treatments. If we ban drug ads should we ban say lawyer or health insurance consumer marketing too?
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