Association between physicians' interaction with pharmaceutical companies and their clinical practices: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

PLoS One · 2017 · PMC5391068 · PMID 28406971

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The findings for ‘own promotion’ indicated that detailing produced a highly significant positive impact on new prescriptions for Lipitor and Crestor (p<0.05), while results were not significant for Vytorin. ‘Competitive’ detailing had a significant negative impact on new prescription for Vytorin (p<0.05) whereas results were not significant for the other two brands.

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There is an increasing trend of mandating pharmaceutical companies to disclose payments to physicians.

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