Beerball Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Drugmakers put Doctors on marketing payroll The $79,037 that the Buffalo specialist received from Eli Lilly & Co. to talk at 69 events in the first three quarters of 2009 makes him one of the company's highest earners as a speaker about its products. Nothing 'new' here but I had never seen actual $$$ earned. $79K in 3/4 of a year isn't so bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 And then the drug makers stuff the pockets of Congresscriminals so that every drug under the sun can be Medicare approved and the US taxpayers can foot an ever-escalating bill for our nation of addicts. But I'm sure all those abuses were discussed at the recent health care summit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I wonder how much Pfizer paid Dr. Jarvik to hawk Lipitor. Jarvik - though he did eventually earn an MD, never practiced medicine and he's not a surgeon. He was a mechanical engineer who invented the first "successful" artificial human heart. He has zero credibility regarding pharmacologic treatment of vascular disease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PushthePile Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 And then the drug makers stuff the pockets of Congresscriminals so that every drug under the sun can be Medicare approved and the US taxpayers can foot an ever-escalating bill for our nation of addicts. But I'm sure all those abuses were discussed at the recent health care summit. Sure they were, right after the checks got passed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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