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wsj<>U.S. Agency Reveals Drug Makers' Payments to Doctors
Companies Paid at Least $3.5 Billion in Last Five Months of 2013

Imagine That----IF THEY ONLY HAD A BRAIN

Drug and medical-device companies paid at least $3.5 billion to U.S. physicians during the final five months of last year, according to the most comprehensive accounting so far of the financial ties that some critics say have compromised medical care.

The figures come from a new federal government transparency initiative. The 2010 Affordable Care Act included a provision dubbed the Sunshine Act, which requires manufacturers of drugs and medical devices to disclose the payments they make to physicians and teaching...



http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-agency-reveals-drug-makers-payments-to-doctors-1412100323?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f