Should doctors be paid to promote pharmaceutical drugs?

Name: Should doctors be paid to promote pharmaceutical drugs?
Uploaded: 2013-12-18T01:48:02Z
Duration: P575S
Description: GlaxoSmithKline has announced it will no longer pay doctors to promote its drugs, nor reward sales representatives based on how many prescriptions doctors write. Judy Woodruff gets views on the business and ethical issues at play from Dr. Jerry Avorn and Dr. Thomas Stossel, both of Harvard Medical School.

Clip: 12/17/2013 | 9m 35s

GlaxoSmithKline has announced it will no longer pay doctors to promote its drugs, nor reward sales representatives based on how many prescriptions doctors write. Judy Woodruff gets views on the business and ethical issues at play from Dr. Jerry Avorn and Dr. Thomas Stossel, both of Harvard Medical School.

Aired: 12/17/13

Rating: NR

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