Financial Ties Bind Medical Societies to Drug and Device Makers - ProPublica:
"SAN FRANCISCO — From the time they arrived to the moment they laid their heads on hotel pillows, the thousands of cardiologists attending this week’s Heart Rhythm Society conference have been bombarded with pitches for drugs and medical devices.
St. Jude Medical adorns every hotel key card. Medtronic ads are splashed on buses, banners and the stairs underfoot. Logos splay across shuttle bus headrests, carpets and cellphone-charging stations."
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Financial Ties Bind Medical Societies to Drug and Device Makers - ProPublica
Posted by Christopher M. Hughes, MD at 3:54 PM
Labels: Pharmaceutical Industry
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