Study Shows Spending for Drug Marketing Skyrocketed Over Past 2 Decades (Audio) – WBUR

Read article - As a guest on Radio Boston, Steven Woloshin, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, discusses new research he conducted with Lisa Schwartz, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, that found that spending on medical marketing significantly increased over the past two decades, going from $17.7 billion in 1997 to $29.9 billion in 2016. (Similar coverage in Kaiser Health News.)