Now You See Them, Now You Don't: 2007 Lists of Payments Made by ...

Courtesy Health Care Renewal  Fri, 05/09/2008 - 09:11

Starting last year, we posted (here , here , here , and here ) about the payments, often huge, that five manufacturers of prosthetic joints (Biomet , DePuy Orthopaedics (a unit of Johnson & Johnson ), Stryker Orthopedics,a unit of Stryker Inc , Zimmer Holdings , and Smith & Nephew ) revealed they made to orthopedic surgeons and various academic and other organizations.

We also noted that some of the...


 

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