Marketing ethics- dollars for docs

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Marketing Ethics: “Dollars for Docs”? The pharmaceutical industry is innovating at a dizzying pace, but it is getting more difficult for pharmaceutical sales reps to reach doctors to inform them of new or improved products. One option is to host educational seminars. However, many educational seminars are held at lavish restaurants or destinations underwritten by pharmaceutical companies, and doctors providing the education are paid consulting and speaking fees to the tune of more than $2 billion since 2009. In some cases, speakers are given scripts developed by the pharmaceutical company, leading to the criticism that this is company-scripted marketing and the distinguished speaker is merely a “paid parrot” selling drugs for the company. Critics also claim that such promotion results in needlessly increased prescriptions for expensive branded drugs that are no better than generic alternatives. Many drug makers are reducing expenditures for such product promotions because of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, a provision of the Affordable Care Act of 2010. Pro Publica has a “Dollars for Docs” searchable database, and as part of the Sunshine Act, a searchable government Web site is available to the public to shed light on pharmaceutical sales practices. Is it wrong for pharmaceutical companies to explain the benefits of their products to physicians this way? Suggest other alternatives for reaching doctors to inform them of the benefits of a company’s products. Conduct research and report how other companies are marketing to doctors? What are your thoughts on advertising prescription medications?

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