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Court Ruling Could Open New Wave of Lawsuits for Drug Companies in California
The three-judge panel upheld a ruling that found a pharmaceutical company was negligent for delaying the development of a drug.
Drug Companies Are Buying Doctors—for as Little as a $16 Meal
An important new study in the United States has found doctors who receive just one cheap meal from a drug company tend to prescribe a lot more of that company’s products.
Leaders of Teaching Hospitals Have Close Ties to Drug Companies, Study Shows
Pharmaceutical company payments to doctors extend far beyond rank-and-file clinicians — and deep into the leadership of America’s teaching hospitals, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
