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While medical schools can ignore the association\u2019s advice, most follow its recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>The rules would apply only to medical schools, but they could have enormous influence across medicine, according to medical educators.<\/p>\n<p>Drug companies spend billions of dollars each year trying to influence doctors. Medical schools,  with prominent professors and new trainees are attractive marketing targets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/medical-group-fights-industry\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Medical Group Fights Industry Influence\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Association of American Medical Colleges has proposed that drug and medical device companies should be banned from offering free food, gifts, travel and ghost-writing services to doctors, staff members and students in nation\u2019s medical colleges. 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