re: Pharmaceutical Sales

Every doctor I know HATES pharmaceutical sales reps. That's about all I know. The field isn't as glamorous as it used to be back when they pretty much had carte blanche to wine and dine doctors as they pleased. That's been heavily curtailed.


The whole idea of a pharmaceutical companies needing reps to sell their drugs to doctors always seemed kind of shady to me. Sure, doctors need to keep abreast of new drugs out there, but why does the maker of Crestor need to keep selling their product to doctors? I would think doctors know enough about the drugs and their patients to know which drug is right for each patient. But maybe I'm being naive.