What is the ruling on a pharmaceutical representative paying a doctor sums of money in exchange for prescribing specific medications, if the doctor will prescribe the drug to whoever pays him, regardless of the price, given his conviction that drugs with the same active ingredient are equal in effectiveness?
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It is permissible for a doctor to promote the medications of a particular company if the promotion is free from deceit, such as concealing a better medication from the patient or a less expensive medication of equal quality. For advice necessitates guiding the patient to the least expensive option.
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