Understanding when and how physicians dispense product samples
Executive Summary
Because physicians' use of product samples varies across pharmaceutical classes and products in measurable ways, it behooves drug companies to start assessing how much their sampling is actually boosting market share and how much it is simply cutting their revenue-generating prescriptions.
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