http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2002/05/18/pharmaceutical-facts.aspx$ According to industry estimates, drug companies spent $15.7 billion dollars on promotion in 2000, up from $1 3.9 billion in 1999. ( IMS Health ) $ Sixty million "details" were made by 83,000 drug reps in the year 2000. Astra-Zeneca added 1enCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)