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Making the move into drug sales

Ever more scientists are joining drug companies' sales departments. Are they happy there? Marika Willerroider investigates.

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Willerroider, M. Making the move into drug sales. Nature 430, 486–487 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj6998-486a

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