Reported dealings include participation in corporate speakers’ bureaus, which is now banned by the university, reviewing medical documents, activities related to medical research, consulting with law firms about court cases and sitting on drug company advisory boards.
The decision is in reaction to increased scrutiny of such relationships, including a proposal in the U.S. Senate that would require medical companies to list payments to physicians online.
Read the Charlottesville Daily Progress’s report on listing physicians’ financial dealings.
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