Device Firms Seek To Soften Impact Of Proposed Sunshine Bills
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
AdvaMed and the Medical Device Manufacturers Association both favor increasing transparency of industry relationships with physicians, but AdvaMed wants the same rules to apply to all companies while MDMA wants exceptions made for small fims
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