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Health Care & Hospital Law

Jan. 10, 2012

New federal rules mandate disclosure of manufacturer-doctor relationships

The federal government wants drug and device companies to report every lunch, speaking fee and grant over $10 that they give to physicians and teaching hospitals.


By Mandy Jackson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN DIEGO - Extravagant dinners and all-expense-paid golf vacations for doctors and researchers are no longer industry standards for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, but the federal government still wants companies to report every lunch, speaking fee and grant they give to physicians and teaching hospitals.


The Sunshine Act, a provision of the federal health care reform law, mandates ...

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