Monday, June 05, 2006

License Drug Representatives?

In Massachusetts, that state's Senate could make Massachusetts the first state in the nation to license drug company sales representatives. The law would also prohibit reps from providing entertainment, gifts, payments, or travel to doctors, healthcare facilities, or public officials.

Hairdressers and manicurists must be licensed, so so Pharmaceutical representatives who market prescription drugs and attempt to influence doctors to prescribe name-brand drugs should be as well.

For more, go here, which is the source of this post.