The Connecticut Health Investigative Team published a story Saturday examining the connection between docs who prescribe meds while collecting sweet payouts for advising and speaking on behalf of drug manufacturers.
The C-HIT review for eight medications found that 43 of the 108 high-prescribers — or 40 percent — received income or benefits from the pharmaceutical companies that manufacture the drugs they dispensed in high quantities.
In some cases, the practitioners wrote out hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of prescriptions in years when they also were receiving thousands in compensation from the drug-makers. Others routinely accepted $25 or $50 business meals at lunch and dinner meetings where drug company reps pitched their products. The lists cover 2008-11.
