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