Healthy Skepticism Library item: 10729

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Publication type: report

Paid to Prescribe?: Exploring the Relationship Between Doctors and the Drug Industry
Washington, DC: U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging 2007 Jun 27
http://aging.senate.gov/hearing_detail.cfm?id=277848&

Abstract:

Statements of Committee Members

Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chairman
Senator Gordon H. Smith (R-OR), Ranking Member

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Witness Testimony

Jerome Kassirer, MD, Distinguished Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

Greg Rosenthal, MD, Retinal Specialist, Toledo, Ohio

Peter Lurie, MD, M.P.H., Deputy Director, Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, Washington, DC

The Honorable Sharon Treat, State Representative, Executive Director, National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Prices, Hallowel, Maine

Robert Sade, Chair, Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, American Medical Association, Washington, DC

Marjorie Powell, ESQ., Senior Assistant General Counsel, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Washington, DC

Notes:

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