Inside Big Pharma payments to doctors - standard practice or cause

Inside Big Pharma payments to doctors - standard practice or cause for concern?

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All across New Zealand, and the world, big pharmaceutical companies are spending large on doctors, but should we be worried about the influence on our medical professionals? Plus, an astronomer dishes on how to see the Matariki stars, and why ‘dead white men’ might be getting a bad rap when it comes to English literature.

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