E-drug: Reply from Dr Attaran to Dr Srinivas (cont'd)
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I believe Dr Attaran is being very ingenuous (I wonder if this is
deliberate?) by taking the position that doctors are not swayed by the
marketing tactics of pharmaceutical companies. The pharmaceutical
industry is the second most profitable industry in the world, and they
would not spend the billions of dollars they do in trying to influence
doctors, if they did not get a " bang for their buck" (which they do,
trust me!)
Regards,
Dr Aniruddha Malpani, MD
Medical Director
HELP - Health Education Library for People
Om Chambers, Kemps Corner
Bombay 400 036. India
Tel: 91-22-23683334
helplib@vsnl.com
www.healthlibrary.com
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