Eli Lilly, Merck To Disclose Payments to Physicians
On Wednesday, drugmaker Eli Lilly announced that it would post information online detailing fees it pays to doctors for speaking engagements or consulting services beginning next year, and rival Merck followed suit later that day. Congress has been pushing for a national registry of drugmaker payments to physicians.
- "Drug Maker To Report Fees" (Carey, New York Times, 9/25).