Male docs receive vast majority of payments from drug companies

More than 90 percent of the 300 doctors who received money from drug companies in exchange for speaking and consulting are men, reports The New York Times.

Meanwhile, men only account for 68 percent of active physicians in the U.S., according to the article.

This insight was gleaned from an analysis of data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid’s newly launched Open Payments database.

Read more below:

 

Trimed Popup
Trimed Popup