Wednesday, September 07, 2011

$761.3 million from 12 disclosing pharmaceutical companies: Dollars for Docs updated database


VIA ProPublica


Piercing the Veil, More Drug Companies Reveal Payments to Doctors:

"Today, ProPublica is updating that tool to include payments made to health professionals by 12 companies. Eight of those published data for all of 2010: Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Merck, Cephalon, Johnson & Johnson, ViiV Healthcare and AstraZeneca.

In addition to the payments made to speakers, some of the companies also disclosed how much they've spent on consulting, travel, meals and research.

In all, payments to doctors and other health-care providers in ProPublica's database total more than $760 million and cover reports from drug companies between 2009 and the second quarter of 2011."


Meals are included in database (dining the docs!)Doctors Dine on Drug Companies’ Dime-Charles Ornstein

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