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Medical product innovation getting tougher, Moody's says
Advances in medical products could slow down considerably in the future as obstacles to innovation mount, according to a new report by Moody's Investors Service. Moody's analysts argue that... Read more...
Medical device kickback allegations keep coming
I don't know about you, but it's getting a little depressing--if not surprising-- to keep reading about kickback charges lodged against medical devicemakers. But the investigations, allegations and... Read more...
Grassley wants to see med schools' conflict of interest policies
Continuing his campaign to clean up healthcare industry relationships, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has asked 23 medical schools to share details on their conflict-of-interest policies. Grassley's... 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...
Medtronic plans disclosure of doctors getting $5K-plus annually
Medical devicemaker Medtronic has become the latest of a string of companies agreeing to voluntarily disclose their payments to physicians. Starting in March 2011, the company plans to begin... Read more...
Study: Doctors largely support commercial funding for CME
The healthcare industry may be in an uproar over pharma and medical devicemaker funding for physician activities, but physicians don't seem to be so conflicted, if a recent study is to be believed.... Read more...
MA proposes strictest rules yet on pharma, devicemaker payments
Once again on the forefront, the Massachusetts Public Health Council has issued a draft of some of nation's most aggressive regulation on the subject of gifts to physicians. The regulation would not... Read more...
Fitch issues negative ratings for healthcare
Read FierceHealthcare's other stories for your upbeat news this morning: in this article, all we have to offer healthcare executives is more bad news from Fitch Ratings. Specifically, Fitch has... Read more...
Cleveland Clinic lists potential conflicts of interest online
We've been hearing about possible conflicts of interest between doctors and pharmaceutical companies, or between doctors and medical-devicemakers, for a long time now. Cleveland Clinic is taking a... Read more...
