Links between doctors and Big Pharma

Republican senator Chuck Grassley has made it his mission to shake up the cosy relationship between doctors, researchers and the pharmaceutical industry. Now he is introducing legislation to force drugs companies to disclose the payments they make to doctors. He tells Jim Giles why he has chosen to be a troublemaker

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(via NewScientist)

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2 Responses to “Links between doctors and Big Pharma”

  • RapidEvo Says:
    March 15th, 2009 at 4:06 pm

    Hi, in the UK, certain Pharma companies were fined huge amounts for getting Doctors to use “older” patients as case studies for trailed drugs, when the patient had no clue this was being done, and the Doctor was being paid a fee for each new “trial patient”.

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    • hanna Says:
      March 15th, 2009 at 5:36 pm

      Thank you for the info & the comment. I just hope that thanks to the new media and their speed we can share & spread knowledge & facts. This way we can protect us & our relatives better.

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