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Doctors promoting treatments on social media fail to disclose ties to drug makers

29-Feb-2016

Key points from article :

US physicians often fail to mention that they have accepted thousands of dollars from the companies that make the prescription drugs they tout.

E.g. internist posts on Facebook about the positive effects of a cholesterol drug manufactured by a company that paid him nearly $60,000.

Not legally obligated to disclose payments from drug companies.

Studies have shown payments from drug makers do influence prescribing.

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AbbVie

Pharmaceutical research and development.

Adelaide Robb

Division Chief in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the National Children’s Health System

James A. Simon

Medical Director and Founder at IntimMedicine

James Underberg

Cholesterol Specialist/Lipidologist

Katherine Chretien

Associate professor of medicine at the George Washington University.

Reuben Guttman

Attorney in Washington who specializes in food and drug law

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