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More than 18,700 drug company freebies have been collected at SMDC Health System, which is getting rid of them in an effort to reduce the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on its doctors.
FREEBIE ROUNDUP
Among the items:
• Lipitor dry-erase board
• Procrit stress-reliever, a squeezable toy shaped like a red blood cell
• Allegra pocket-sized tissue container
• Zithromax stuffed zebra
• Vectibix calculator
• Focalin combination tape dispenser/stapler
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