Massachusetts Makes Drug And Medical Device Company Payments Public
Thursday, November 25th, 2010Today we offer:
Likewise Included In: Pharma Manufacture / Biotechnology Diligence ; Aesculapian Devices / Nosology
The Boston Ball : “Massachusetts wellness officials promulgated on-line yesterday the nigh comp posit database in the area itemisation payments dose companies and checkup gimmick makers bear made to doctors, nurses, pharmacists, hospitals, and former wellness aid providers. The paper lists $35.7 meg in payments from hundreds of companies for the six months betwixt July 1 and Dec. 31, 2009 … Astir one-half of that money, or $16.4 zillion, went to physicians. This is the get-go metre Massachusetts has made such info world. Nether a law passed two years ago, any dose or gimmick accompany doing occupation in the country is now needed to reputation sure payments of $50 or more” and bans companies from big gifts to doctors. “The Massachusetts database shows that 5,048 physicians, or astir 12 pct of the commonwealth’s doctors, standard payments” (Leper and Kowalczyk, 11/23).
