{"id":302,"date":"2010-04-04T09:12:21","date_gmt":"2010-04-04T15:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cerebral-palsy-medicalmalpractice.com\/blog\/?p=302"},"modified":"2010-04-04T09:12:21","modified_gmt":"2010-04-04T15:12:21","slug":"pfizer-speaks-out-on-20-million-in-payments-to-physicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cerebral-palsy-medicalmalpractice.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/pfizer-speaks-out-on-20-million-in-payments-to-physicians.html","title":{"rendered":"Pfizer Speaks Out On $20 Million In Payments To Physicians"},"content":{"rendered":"The world\u2019s largest drug manufacturer, Pfizer, tried really hard to make friends in the medical community last year. Wednesday the company said it had paid $20 million to 4,500 physicians and other medical professionals to consult and speak on its behalf the last half of 2009. http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/04\/01\/business\/01payments.htm<\/a>l\r\n\r\n\r\nIn Pfizer\u2019s first public accounting of this kinds, the company also said that it had shelled out $15.3 million to 250 medical centers and research groups for clinical trials during that same time span.\r\n\r\nAccording to The New York Times, Pfizer is the first drug maker to disclose payouts for clinical trials. A number of pharmaceutical companies \u2013 namely Eli Lilly, Merck and GlaxoSmithKline — have fessed up to making payments to physicians.\r\n\r\nPfizer made its disclosures as part of an \u201cintegrity agreement\u201d it signed to settle a probe into the illegal promotion of pharmaceuticals for off-label uses.\r\n\r\nSome critics told The Times that they were skeptical that drug companies such as Pfizer would be totally forthcoming with the unaudited numbers they were disclosing. \r\n \r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The world\u2019s largest drug manufacturer, Pfizer, tried really hard to make friends in the medical community last year. Wednesday the company said it had paid $20 million to 4,500 physicians and other medical professionals to consult and speak on its behalf the last half of 2009. http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/04\/01\/business\/01payments.html In Pfizer\u2019s first public accounting of this kinds, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[386,5,385,387],"class_list":["post-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-drug-companies-bribing-doctors-to-prescribe-meds","tag-medical-malpractice-attorney","tag-pfizer-discloses-physician-payments","tag-pharmaceutical-corruption"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t