Credit: Karolina Kaboompics from Pexels Promotional events sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry that target health professionals responsible for prescribing medications, such as physicians and nurse practitioners, are a key component of promotional campaigns for new drugs and devices. While these events are familiar to health professionals, there is little transparency around their scale and impact. A new study by Quinn Grundy, an assistant professor at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, finds that in the United States, more than 1 million industry-sponsored events took place in 2022, a staggering amount Read More
