Chuck Grassley is trying to force drugs companies to own up to the payments they make to doctors (Image: J Scott Applewhite / AP / PA Photos)
Republican senator Chuck Grassley has made it his mission to shake up the cosy relationship between doctors, researchers and the pharmaceutical industry. Now he is introducing legislation to force drugs companies to disclose the payments they make to doctors. He tells Jim Giles why he has chosen to be a troublemaker
Does it really matter that some academics and doctors “forget” to declare their income from drug companies?
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