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. 2003 May 31;326(7400):1189-92.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1189.

Who pays for the pizza? Redefining the relationships between doctors and drug companies. 1: entanglement

Ray Moynihan  1
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Who pays for the pizza? Redefining the relationships between doctors and drug companies. 1: entanglement

Ray Moynihan. BMJ. .

Abstract

In this two part article, a journalist based in Washington DC explores the brewing conflicts at one of the world's leading medical campuses as it joins the wider global debate about how to redefine relations with big pharmaceutical companies

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Retail spending on prescription drugs in the United States, 1997-2001.
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Growth rates of pharmaceutical spending at the University of California, San Francisco (source: UCSF School of Pharmacy)
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Comment in

  • No more free lunches.
    Abbasi K, Smith R. Abbasi K, et al. BMJ. 2003 May 31;326(7400):1155-6. doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1155. BMJ. 2003. PMID: 12775587 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • Prognosis of entanglement could be serious.
    Murphy S. Murphy S. BMJ. 2003 Aug 9;327(7410):343. doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.343. BMJ. 2003. PMID: 12907505 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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