Drug and Medical Device Companies Paid U.S. Physicians 12 Billion Dollars Over Last 10 Years

Drug and Medical Device Companies paid U.S. Physicians $12.1 Billion over the last 10 Years

Children's Health Defense.org

• "Consider: A report earlier this year shows that roughly three-quarters of cardiology fellows in the U.S. received payments from medical drug and device companies in the year before graduation, jumping to 88% in the first few years after graduation."

• "For fellows in specialties that significantly rely on technology, the proportion was even higher — 80% received payments before graduating and 96% afterward."

• "From 2013 to 2024, U.S. physicians received $12.1 billion from industry, with more than half receiving at least one payment, according to a March 2024 review of the Open Payments database."

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