Treatment: Drug companies spend millions on ‘education‘ events

The drug industry is spending $72 million a year “educating” doctors, with one company splashing $750,000 on a weekend conference. A new database of pharmaceutical company-funded events creates by Sydney University researchers shows 42 companies shelled out $286 million on 117,000 events for doctors and nurses over a 4 year period. Cancer specialists are frequently targeted, and Dr Moynihan said that “the danger here is that cancer drugs have very high price tags but sometimes have very small benefits and in the context of this debate and growing healthcare costs, why are our cancer specialists getting their education from drug companies?” The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 July 2017, page 4

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