December 4, 2015 — Daily Rounds
Med reps playing docs at health camps – BMJ Exclusive Article
The Baxter rep is conducting blood tests, the Sonofi rep handing out dip stick tests for free!!! Unbelievable right?
But its NOT free, the doctor is then “requested” to prescribe these drugs. Leave the fact that people with no training may be doing tests on which docs then make diagnosis like diabetes, The FREE is not at all free. Patients end up paying for the rest of their lives buying expensive branded drugs !
An exclusive BMJ investigative article written by Frederik Joelving titled ‘India’s “health camps”: the drug rep will see you now’ highlights how the entire network works!