A Prescription for Trouble
Monday, March 16th, 2009 April 10, 2000 (San Francisco) — Once upon a time, the perks were scandalous.
During the 1980s, drug companies offered physicians gifts of all kinds, from penlights to personal computers and plane tickets, to promote their medications. Of course, these freebies telegraphed a not-so-subtle message to doctors: Prescribe our drug, and the perks will keep c…
