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Lisa Murkowski: “Now, I understand that many physicians around the country are invited to attend conferences or training seminars in…”

On the recordMay 9, 2007
Now, I understand that many physicians around the country are invited to attend conferences or training seminars in order to be certified to prescribe certain drugs. Given the low volume of the high risk drugs we are talking about that are likely to be dispensed in frontier areas, how can we ensure that a willing provider will be able to access this training? What is the incentive for a drug manufacturer or the FDA to include frontier area among the areas where training and certification would be available?
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Discussing access to training for physicians in frontier areas regarding high-risk drug prescriptions.

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