What is the ruling on paying sums of money to doctors to encourage them to prescribe a specific medicine, and are there permissible services that a medical representative can offer to gain a doctor's approval?
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Detailed answers have previously been provided concerning the financial payments and in-kind gifts pharmaceutical companies offer to doctors in exchange for promoting their medications. Please refer to these answers in no. 61710 and Fatwa no. 32064.
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