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"a study shows that drug manufacturers paid more than $46 million to more than 68,000 doctors over a 29-month period." https://news.brown.edu/articles/2017/08/o

by tudorw 9y ago

"a study shows that drug manufacturers paid more than $46 million to more than 68,000 doctors over a 29-month period." https://news.brown.edu/articles/2017/08/opioids-influence https://news.brown.edu/articles/2017/08/opioids-influence "Most recently, the FDA announced that it will begin reviewing prescription opioid products that contain hydrocodone or codeine to treat children's coughs." http://exclusive.multibriefs.com/content/fda-turns-attention-to-childrens-medicine-in-battle-against-opioids/pharmaceutical http://exclusive.multibriefs.com/content/fda-turns-attention... When they are writing pop songs about it, it's probably time to do something... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYN14UfO-Uc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYN14UfO-Uc

ameister14 9y ago
That's crazy, if this is because of doctors, that shows $280 a year is enough to substantially influence a doctor making 500-2000x that.
- wolco 9y ago
  I suspect most receive less than 20 dollars worth of free pills. Vacations and cash payouts to the doctors who prescribed the most is usually the game.
tudorw 9y ago
GlaxoSmithKline to pay $20 million to settle U.S. foreign bribery case. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sec-glaxosmithkline-corruption/glaxosmithkline-to-pay-20-million-to-settle-u-s-foreign-bribery-case-idUSKCN1202F3 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sec-glaxosmithkline-corrup... McKesson paying $150 million in prescription drug probe, halting sales from Colorado center. https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2017/01/17/mckesson-paying-150-million-in-prescription-drug.html https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2017/01/17/mckesson-... Several pharmaceutical executives and managers, formerly employed by Insys Therapeutics, Inc., were arrested today on charges that they led a nationwide conspiracy to bribe medical practitioners to unnecessarily prescribe a fentanyl-based pain medication and defraud healthcare insurers. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/pharmaceutical-executives-charged-racketeering-scheme https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/pharmaceutical-executives... Galena Biopharma Inc. to Pay More Than $7.55 Million to Resolve Alleged False Claims Related to Opioid Drug https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/galena-biopharma-inc-pay-more-755-million-resolve-alleged-false-claims-related-opioid https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/galena-biopharma-inc-pay-... National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges Against Over 412 Individuals Responsible for $1.3 Billion in Fraud Losses. "Of those charged, over 120 defendants, including doctors, were charged for their roles in prescribing and distributing opioids and other dangerous narcotics." https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/national-health-care-fraud-takedown-results-charges-against-over-412-individuals-responsible https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/national-health-care-fraud-ta...

by tudorw 9y ago

ameister14 9y ago

That's crazy, if this is because of doctors, that shows $280 a year is enough to substantially influence a doctor making 500-2000x that.

wolco 9y ago
I suspect most receive less than 20 dollars worth of free pills. Vacations and cash payouts to the doctors who prescribed the most is usually the game.

tudorw 9y ago

GlaxoSmithKline to pay $20 million to settle U.S. foreign bribery case. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sec-glaxosmithkline-corruption/glaxosmithkline-to-pay-20-million-to-settle-u-s-foreign-bribery-case-idUSKCN1202F3 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sec-glaxosmithkline-corrup... McKesson paying $150 million in prescription drug probe, halting sales from Colorado center. https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2017/01/17/mckesson-paying-150-million-in-prescription-drug.html https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2017/01/17/mckesson-... Several pharmaceutical executives and managers, formerly employed by Insys Therapeutics, Inc., were arrested today on charges that they led a nationwide conspiracy to bribe medical practitioners to unnecessarily prescribe a fentanyl-based pain medication and defraud healthcare insurers. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/pharmaceutical-executives-charged-racketeering-scheme https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/pharmaceutical-executives... Galena Biopharma Inc. to Pay More Than $7.55 Million to Resolve Alleged False Claims Related to Opioid Drug https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/galena-biopharma-inc-pay-more-755-million-resolve-alleged-false-claims-related-opioid https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/galena-biopharma-inc-pay-... National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges Against Over 412 Individuals Responsible for $1.3 Billion in Fraud Losses. "Of those charged, over 120 defendants, including doctors, were charged for their roles in prescribing and distributing opioids and other dangerous narcotics." https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/national-health-care-fraud-takedown-results-charges-against-over-412-individuals-responsible https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/national-health-care-fraud-ta...