Doctors who endorsed Medtronic product got millions The Asheville Citizen-Times citizen-times.com
The doctors who did the studies and wrote the articles about Infuse in medical journals received support from Medtronic ranging from $1 million to more than $23 million.
“Can we accept industry-sponsored studies as the basis to go full bore into the use of a product?” said Dr. Dan M. Spengler of Vanderbilt University. “I’m suggesting probably not, based on our experience here.”
Andrew Carr, a lawyer who filed a whistle-blower lawsuit on behalf of former Medtronic employees in Memphis, said the corporate culture within the highly competitive orthopedics industry is at the heart of the problem.
“Sure the culture must change, but that can only change when the penalties, both civil and criminal, become meaningful deterrents,” Carr said. “Otherwise, the continuing hand-slaps and fines will continue to represent the cost of doing business.”
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