The Pharmaceutical industry has been peddling its wares, i.e.: medications to physicians by attractive and highly paid pharmaceutical representatives. The consensus today from the medical community is that they do not have any time to interact with these sales people. In fact 25% of these physicians say they do not want to be bothered and need to tend to their patients. Sales representatives are viewed by many in the medical community as an interrupt / disrupt to the physicians and staff. The purpose for the live Pharmaceutical sales representative is all for basically what? Giving the benefit of the doubt here, we can be kind here, after all representatives do offer a 15-45 second mumbling of their product(s) benefits and socialize with the office staff over hair, nail, and beauty shopping sprees. Oh but yes of course, representatives do drop off samples, literature and feed the office staff lunch to gain access to the physicians. A very expensive way of doing business, would you not agree?