More aggressive marketing ∝ 1/benefit-to-harm ratio

New “Law” Attempts to Explain Strategies Drug Marketers Use to Sway Prescribing, March 16, 2011, Mitka 305 (11): 1083 — JAMA

An interesting and concise new article on the influence of marketing on prescribing patterns was published online in the American Journal of Public Health and then picked up in the commentary of JAMA. It is an interesting read and does a good job of describing one of the bigger problems in the translation of evidence into practice.

from JAMA

[a picture from the JAMA commentary]

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