tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post1157198997042104549..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: What Are Those Consulting Fees and Speakers' Honoraria Really For?Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-13023296560388877772008-03-08T17:28:00.000-05:002008-03-08T17:28:00.000-05:00Enjoyed reviewing this post. And the behaviors il...Enjoyed reviewing this post. And the behaviors illustrated in this post are not unique to Merck, needless to say. I've worked for three major pharma companies, all of which have implemented similiar tactics, and the emphasis for the etiology for the dispension of such funds is irrelevant to big pharma. In fact, cases exist where no work was done at all for funds received from others consideredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-40841129601679793962008-02-08T14:54:00.000-05:002008-02-08T14:54:00.000-05:00Any physician of health care academic who accepts ...<I>Any physician of health care academic who accepts fees from commercial health care companies ought to consider whether the money is really supporting science or education, or is meant to pay for marketing or kickbacks for recommending the companies' products.</I><BR/><BR/>In some arcane way, through creative application of logic, by "supporting" doctors and/or scientists who, in turn, educate,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com