Can Pharmaceutical Companies Pay Doctors?
Pharmaceutical Companies Have Paid Doctors Billions of Dollars for Consulting, Promotional Talks, Meals and More. a New Propublica Analysis Finds Doctors Who...
Pharmaceutical companies have paid doctors billions of dollars for consulting, promotional talks, meals and more. A new ProPublica analysis finds doctors who received payments linked to specific drugs prescribed more of those drugs.
How much money do doctors get from pharmaceutical companies?
Each year, about half of all U.S. doctors accept money or gifts from drug and device companies, totaling more than $2 billion. These payments range from free meals during which doctors listen to drug reps pitch their latest products, to travel to luxury locales to serve as paid “consultants.”
Do doctors get a kickback from pharmaceutical companies?
An epidemic of industry payments
In 2015, almost half (48%) of all doctors in the US received some kind of payment from the drug or medical device industry, according to a JAMA study. Kickbacks are illegal, but it's not illegal for pharma to pay physicians fees for speaking, consulting, meals, travel, and more.
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