The New York Times has a compelling – and disturbing story – about how pharmaceutical companies are buying doctors.
The story is based on public records from Minnesota, which is one of the first states to require that doctors reveal their ties to drug companies.
Money quote:
The Minnesota records are a window on the widespread financial ties between pharmaceutical companies and the doctors who prescribe and recommend their products. Patient advocacy groups and many doctors themselves have long complained that drug companies exert undue influence on doctors, but the extent of such payments has been hard to quantify.
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