Let’s say that there is a new medical device or medication that could help injury victims but the FDA hasn’t approved it yet. It would be easy to understand why the FDA wouldn’t want doctors promoting it before it is approved; what was meant to help injury victims and patients might end up causing injuries and harming consumers. But it is also easy to see why doctors would want to promote the device or medication – more business and lot of perks.
Well, the FDA is cracking down on the practice of doctors “pitching” medical products before they have been approved and the agency is paying close attention to many well quoted cosmetic doctors.
For instance, according to the New York Times, the FDA recently wrote a well known dermatologist and clinical researcher, citing her for violating restrictions on drug promotion. As reported by the Times, the doctor had expressed enthusiasm through the media for a drug called Dysport, an antiwrinkle drug, before it had been approved
This action and others by the F.D.A. have caused many doctors to reexamine their relationship with various medical industries that promote medications and products.
