New Jersey-based doctors received more than $8.3 million in payments from pharmaceutical companies over the past 18 months for speeches promoting brand-label drugs to fellow doctors.
They were among the 17,000 doctors nationwide who were paid a total of $257.8 million by seven companies in 2009 and the first two quarters of 2010, according to data collected by ProPublica, a non-profit investigative news organization.
One doctor in Wayne — internist Thomas Dayspring — pocketed $203,200 during that period, making him the highest-paid speaker and consultant for the pharmaceutical firms in the state and the 37th highest paid in the country.
via northjersey.com
