pharmaceutical representative

collocation in English

meaningsofpharmaceuticalandrepresentative

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pharmaceutical
adjective
uk
/ˌfɑː.məˈsuː.tɪ.kəl/
us
/ˌfɑːr.məˈsuː.t̬ɪ.kəl/
relating to the production ...
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representative
noun[C]
uk
/ˌrep.rɪˈzen.tə.tɪv/
us
/ˌrep.rɪˈzen.t̬ə.t̬ɪv/
someone who speaks or does something officially for another person or group ...
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(Definition ofpharmaceuticalandrepresentativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thepharmaceuticalrepresentativeis sometimes pictured as a sort of bagman.
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Thepharmaceuticalrepresentativeof to-day is a highly skilled individual, qualified not only by experience in his trade, but almost certainly by training as well.
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Apharmaceuticalrepresentativewill often try to see a given physician every few weeks.
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Only 46% said they "never" or "very rarely" allowed pharmaceutical representatives to teach residents.
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However, since the pharmaceutical representatives knew about and agreed to the taping, this may have skewed how they presented their information.
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However, only 52% of these respondents said they "never" or "very rarely" allowed pharmaceutical representatives to give residents free drug samples at work.
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This study examined how well the codes control pharmaceutical representatives' presentations to physicians.
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Suggesting that pharmaceutical representatives are communication experts, with their main aim to prescribe their drug, seemingly, supporting this with medical evidence.
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Of the 85% of all program directors that responded, most (72%) said that they "never" or "very rarely" allowed unrestricted interactions between pharmaceutical representatives and residents at work.
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Nurses will continue to be bombarded with information, educational events, gifts and free lunches from pharmaceutical representatives eager to promote their products; but nurses are powerful too.
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It seems to be the general view of pharmaceutical representatives that oral contraceptive markets could not be greatly extended at present price levels, due to lack of consumer purchasing power.
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The pharmaceutical representatives were disappointed.
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The number and persistence of pharmaceutical representatives has placed a burden on the time of physicians.
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