How drug companies sell psychiatrists on their drugs
September 8, 2010
In 1993, the FDA approved Neurontin for the treatment of epilepsy. This should have been a cause for celebration at Warner-Lambert, the drug company that introduced it, but the celebration was muted. The FDA had downgraded the approval, saying that since Neurontin’s data was not strong enough, the drug could only be used as an add-on drug for patients who had failed to respond to a primary epilepsy drug. (KevinMD)
