With education payments, drug firms funnel funds to doctors

Critics say the stream of drug money to top physicians has flourished on a route that remains largely hidden: the continuing education programs that doctors must attend to keep their licenses. Graham McMahon, associate professor of medicine; Peter Libby, professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital; and Richard Beaser, associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess, are quoted.

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