SIDE HUSTLE

Medical devicemakers gave nearly $1 billion over four years to the physcians who use their products.
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PROMOTIONS

From 2014 to 2017, vendors promoting medical devices paid more per physician per year than those promoting drugs

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MARKET SHARE

The top 10 firms making device-related payments to physicians and their share of the FDA-approved product market, by specialty

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Source: “Medical Device Firm Payments To Physicians Exceed What Drug Companies Pay Physicians, Target Surgical Specialists,” Health Affairs 40

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