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Medtronic deal with spine surgeon draws Grassley's ire
Continuing his efforts to keep a spotlight on cozy financial relationships between industry players and physicians, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is asking tough questions about the relationship between... Read more...
Academic medical associations offer conflict-of-interest proposal
In the wake of several recent scandals over academics who failed to disclose industry relationships, two key academic medical associations have come together to offer suggestions on how to regulate... Read more...
Vermont enacts tough rules on physician gifts from pharmas
Backed by the state's medical society, Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas (R) has signed a bill that gives the state some of the toughest controls in the country on financial relationships between doctors and... Read more...
MA bans most industry gifts to providers, requires disclosure
Massachusetts officials have just passed some of the toughest regulations in the country governing financial relationships between providers and drug/medical devicemakers. The new rules, which were... Read more...
Legislators want more physician payment disclosure
A new federal bill requiring more extensive disclosure of payments to physicians by pharmas and medical device companies is now circulating on Capitol Hill. The bill, a new version of the Physician... Read more...
MedPAC mulls financial relationship disclosure rules
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has started considering recommendations that would require new disclosures regarding financial relationships between drug manufacturers, device... Read more...
Glaxo to report grants to U.S. healthcare groups
Bowing to emerging trends favoring such disclosures, drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has announced plans to publicly report the grants it provides to U.S. healthcare organizations. The report, which will... Read more...
Psychiatric group's drugmaker ties questioned
Under attack from Congress, particularly Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), the psychiatric field's leading professional organization is being forced to explain its tight financial relationships with the... Read more...
