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What information do physicians receive from pharmaceutical representatives?

J Lexchin1

  • 1joel.lexchin@utoronto.ca

Canadian Family Physician Medecin De Famille Canadien
|May 1, 1997
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Pharmaceutical sales representatives often omit drug safety information and provide inaccurate details. Physicians should critically evaluate information from sales reps against scientific publications.

Area of Science:

  • Pharmaceutical Marketing
  • Medical Information Dissemination
  • Physician Education

Background:

  • Pharmaceutical sales representatives are a primary source of drug information for physicians.
  • The quality and completeness of information provided by sales representatives can impact prescribing practices.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the information provided by pharmaceutical sales representatives to physicians.
  • To evaluate the accuracy and completeness of drug information shared during sales interactions.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted a MEDLINE search (1966-1996) using terms related to the pharmaceutical industry and drug information.
  • Included studies from industrialized countries based on direct observation of physician-sales representative contacts with quantitative results.

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  • Supplemented literature search with personal library resources.

    • Main Results:

    • Four studies met the inclusion criteria.
    • Sales representatives commonly disclosed drug indications but frequently omitted crucial safety information.
    • Information provided by representatives often contained inaccuracies.

    Conclusions:

    • Pharmaceutical sales representatives tend to present selective, predominantly positive, product information.
    • Physicians, particularly in Canada, should not passively accept information from sales representatives.
    • It is essential for physicians to critically compare sales representative information with data from scientific publications.