yaix2 - 2:18 am on Oct 6, 2009 (gmt 0)

"Think about the Dr. giving you the disclaimer before writing the script, "Mrs. Robinson, I need to tell you that GlaxoSmithKline has provided me tens of thousands of dollars in free samples ..."

/That/ would actually be a good idea. But, of course, will not happen.

Regarding the disclosure payments for reviews, any good blog should do it, just like any newspaper should clearly mark advertisements as such. But there is really no need to make it a law.