Doctors under the influence? - Express Pharma

Doctors under the influence? - Express Pharma Under the guise of 'Continuing Medical Education' (CME) doctors are offered sponsored trips to conferences, while white goods like refrigerators (to store vaccines) and laptops (to keep in touch with the latest medical news) have been doled out. Are these 'freebies' justified? Especially when the head of industry watchdog, Medical Council of India (MCI), itself seems to be under the scanner for the same transgression? By Arshiya Khan