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Biotech

Aug. 28, 2013

The coming scrutiny over doctor pay

The closely intertwined relationships that often exist between doctors and biotechnology companies may soon be viewed in a new light.


By Dominic Fracassa


Daily Journal Staff Writer


After years of petitioning for more comprehensive oversight into the closely intertwined relationship between doctors and drugmakers, transparency advocates are hailing the newly implemented Physicians Payment Sunshine Act as an essential regulatory tool in the effort to prevent and expose bribery, waste and fraud in the U.S. health care system.


The provisions of the act, which kicked in Aug. 1, r...

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