Open Payments: Zimmer, Medtronic Top List Of Spenders
Executive Summary
Major medical device companies paid almost $1bn in consulting fees, royalties, research costs and other expenses to physicians in 2017, the most recent data release from the US Open Payments database shows. Zimmer Biomet reported the highest spending on general physician payments, while Roche and Medtronic topped the list of research spending.
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