Drug Samples in Hospitals–A Study of the Distribution and Control

Waste Generation of Drug Product Samples versus Prescriptions Obtained Through Pharmacy Dispensing

“…An estimated $40-50 million was spent on them by pharmaceutical companies to promote their products in 1960. 1 Thirty years later the figure was $4.9 billion annually. 2 This rising trend in the delivery, ready availability, and potential diversion of drug samples was the impetus for Congress to pass the Prescription Drug Marketing Act in 1987.…”