Is working in medical promotion for pharmaceutical companies forbidden (haram) if these companies offer gifts (bribes) to doctors to encourage them to prescribe their medications?
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Working in medical promotion and drug marketing is generally permissible. However, it is forbidden to promote a fraudulent drug or to offer a bribe. The worker must refrain from anything that is forbidden.
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