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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...
Tufts withdraws invitation for Grassley aide to speak
Tufts University recently withdrew an invitation for Paul D. Thacker--an investigator for Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA)--to speak about conflicts-of-interest in medicine at an upcoming conference... 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...
Pfizer will disclose payments to health professionals
Pfizer has announced that it plans to make data on payments to healthcare professionals publicly available starting in early 2010, including not only physicians, but also researchers and research... Read more...
