An Arkansas neurosurgeon pleaded guilty yesterday to soliciting and accepting kickbacks from a medical device salesman, the Boston Globe reports.
Patrick Chan also agreed to cooperate with the government’s investigation into whether Blackstone Medical, which sells devices and implants used in back surgery, defrauded Medicaid and...
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With results from the Iowa caucuses coming tonight, two Big Pharma CEOs seemed unworried about how the drug industry will fare this election year.
Despite the uncertainties, Schering-Plough CEO Fred Hassan struck an upbeat tone when asked about politics at Morgan Stanley’s “Pharmaceutical CEOs Unplugged” conference. The drug...
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In China, doctors are operating on mentally ill patients using surgical techniques that are “all but blacklisted for mental illness in the developed world,” the WSJ reports.
The surgeries are emblematic of problems in the Chinese health system, where doctors and hospitals are looking for new sources of revenue as public...
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Lewis Maharam only ran one marathon, and that was to get a free turkey for Thanksgiving (more on that later). But he’s been the medical director of the New York City Marathon for a dozen years now, and on race day this Sunday he’ll be responsible for the work of 2,500 medical volunteers and the health of 38,000 runners....
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