Study reveals ‘extensive’ financial links between leaders of US medical societies and industry

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Financial relationships between the leaders of influential US professional medical associations and industry are extensive, finds a study of publicly available payment data published by The BMJ today.

The results show that up to 80% of the US based medical doctors who lead influential professional medical associations had financial relationships with industry, and that during 2017-19, leaders of 10 influential groups received almost $130m from industry over about a five year period.

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