Drug Companies to Reveal Grant Practices

April 11th, 2008 By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press Writer Drug Companies to Reveal Grant Practices (AP)

Senate Agriculture, FDA, Rural Development and Related Agencies subcommittee Chairman Sen. Herbert Kohl, D-Wis. listens to testimony by Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2008, during the subcommittee's hearing on the Agriculture Department's fiscal 2009 budget. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

(AP) -- For years, the nation's largest drug and medical device manufacturers have courted doctors with consulting fees, free trips to exotic locales and by sponsoring the educational conferences that physicians attend.

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