PharmedOut, a new project that educates physicians on how pharmaceutical companies influence prescribing, is previewing a timely video about Zyprexa (olanzapine), an antipsychotic drug approved...
Director of PharmedOut explains the project
PharmedOut ( http://www.pharmedout.org) is an independent, publicly funded project that empowers physicians to identify and counter inappropriate pharmaceutical...
Opposition Research
Douglas Melnick, MD MPH, a former pharma insider, tells how pharmaceutical companies gather information on the competition while staying within the law. Dr....
Selling drugs to docs
The real purpose of samples: "first one's free, then you pay, then you're hooked." The voices in this segment have been distorted...
Pharma's anonymous writers
PharmedOut ( http://www.pharmedout.org) is an independent project funded through the Attorney General Consumer and Prescriber Education grant program that educates physicians...
Off-label promotion under the radar
Physicians can prescribe drugs off-label (for non-FDA-approved uses), but it is illegal for pharmaceutical companies to promote drugs off-label. Douglas Melnick,...
Drug reps continue their chat
The voices in this segment have been distorted to protect the identity of the participants.
PharmedOut ( http://www.pharmedout.org) is an...
