States Cracking Down on Drug Marketing

April 12, 2007 By JOE MULLIN, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Pharmaceutical-company sales reps who visit doctors' offices to promote their products know a surprising amount about the physicians before they even walk through the door. Maybe too much, some lawmakers around the country say.

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