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Doctors can receive small gifts, such as free dinners, event or travel tickets, clocks, free drug samples and swag [4] like pens, paper pads, and office toys with company logos. [5] Controversial inducements include jobs offers for the drug company, consulting / speaking fees, [ 6 ] and all-expense-paid travel to resorts [ 7 ] and exotic ...
Physicians with access to free samples are more likely to prescribe brand name medication over equivalent generic medications. [2] Other studies found that free samples decreased the likelihood that physicians would follow the standard of care practices. [2] Receiving pharmaceutical samples does not reduce prescription costs.
The Prescription Drug Marketing Act (PDMA) of 1987 (P.L. 100-293, 102 Stat. 95) is a law of the United States federal government.It establishes legal safeguards for prescription drug distribution to ensure safe and effective pharmaceuticals and is designed to discourage the sale of counterfeit, adulterated, misbranded, sub potent, and expired prescription drugs.
[code of federal regulations] [title 21, volume 5] [revised as of april 1, 2015] [cite: 21cfr314.50] title 21food and drugs chapter ifood and drug administration department of health and human services subchapter ddrugs for human use part 314 applications for fda approval to market a new drug
In the United States, regulation of drugs was originally a state right, as opposed to federal right. But with the increase in fraudulent practices due to private incentives to maximize profits and poor enforcement of state laws, the need for stronger federal regulation increased. [7]
Supporters of direct-to-consumer advertising argue that advertisements increase competition which leads to lower prescription drug prices and new development, citing, for instance, that between 1997 and 2001, spending on research and development in the U.S. increased 59% while spending on promoting drugs directly to patients increased 145%.
Title 21 is the portion of the Code of Federal Regulations that governs food and drugs within the United States for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). [1] It is divided into three chapters: Chapter I — Food and Drug Administration
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