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Nature Medicine 13, 393 (2007)
Published online: 28 March 2007 | doi:10.1038/nm0407-393

Aggressive drug marketing tactics trigger backlash

Emily Singer1

  1. Boston


New schemes seek to offer unbiased information.


The average doctor's office these days looks much like a pharmaceutical sales convention: patients wipe their noses with Lipitor tissues and sign forms with Boniva pens attached to Lunesta clipboards. The ubiquity of these drug ads—and the sales representatives that place them—is triggering a backlash.

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