What Medical Transparency Will Mean For Cozy Relationships Between Docs & Big Pharma

 

"Ninety-four percent of physicians had a 'relationship' with a drug or device company, a landmark 2007 New England Journal of Medicine study found. And the amount of money flowing in this arena is apparently much greater than previously known....ProPublica also found some big drugmakers had been scaling back payments to doctors for making promotional talks....Again, just the fact that there are financial ties doesn't alone indicate wrongdoing. But as the release of Medicare physician payment data demonstrated earlier this year, the transparency can help root out bad actors, waste and curious outliers." Jason Millman in The Washington Post

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