Big Pharma lavished $12.1 billion on America’s doctors from 2013 to 2022 for things like travel, meals, drinks, honoraria, consulting, and outright gifts.
Multiple studies demonstrate that payments from pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers are linked to increases in prescriptions for specific medications and the use of particular devices.
Congress can and must change the law so that the American people know we’re getting the medicines and devices we need rather than whatever Big Pharma happens to be influencing doctors to prescribe.