Senators Press Device Industry On Excessive Payments To Consulting Docs
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Democrats on the Senate Special Committee on Aging grilled device industry representatives at a Feb. 27 hearing about the extent and depth of payments made to physicians for consultancies and educational grants
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