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Health Care & Hospital Law

Apr. 8, 2010

Confronting Conflict of Interest

Bryan Liang of California Western School of Law and Tim Mackey of the Institute of Health Law Studies discuss conflicts of interest in the pharmaceutical and health care industries.

By Bryan A. Liang and Tim K. Mackey

On March 31, 2010, Pfizer, the world's largest drug maker, announced that it had paid some $35 million dollars in the last six months of 2009 to health care practitioners, academic medical centers and other research groups. This included amounts given to over 4,500 physicians and other medical professionals for consulting, speaking engagements, meals and business expenses.

Pfizer's public disclosur...

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