Wondering how much money drug companies spend on continuing education for doctors — and who gets all the support?
Eli Lilly & Co. thinks you deserve to know and lists its grants on its website. Pfizer plans to post similar details soon. Despite Pfizer's move, it is among the 15 companies getting a letter today from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, asking what they're doing to "meet the public's demand for transparency."
If your company does not have any plans in place, the letter says, "please explain why not."
"Transparency builds both trust and accountability," says Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, which oversees Medicare and Medicaid. "I'm asking other pharmaceutical organizations to follow Lilly's lead and show the public there's nothing to hide." Read more...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-02-25-drugmakers-money_N.htm
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