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Should pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers advertise their products to physicians?
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1.1/30/2008 1:48:00 PMshould not be encouraged nor banned
2.1/30/2008 2:59:00 PMNot advertise but inform us in a scientific and factual way without overtly emphasize their products.
3.1/30/2008 3:11:00 PMThey should be able to provide accurate and balanced information about their products
4.1/30/2008 3:54:00 PMAdvertising for transmission of information only - no hype
5.1/30/2008 4:57:00 PMTo a limited degree, Yes. Not to the extent that is currently happening. More useful if the item is newly available.
6.1/30/2008 6:31:00 PMyes
7.1/30/2008 7:45:00 PMRephrase to &quot;should pharm be able to advertise? I would answer &quot;yes&quot;
8.1/30/2008 9:00:00 PMDepends on the product
9.1/31/2008 9:29:00 PMthey need to
10.2/1/2008 7:38:00 PMadvertising via journals is acceptable to me.
11.2/5/2008 5:45:00 AMYes, with factual information (e.g. graphs and charts with references to peer-reviewed data) only. No models, no icons, no dramatizations, no glossy graphics, no mascots.