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AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca Supports Transparency Legislation on Payments to Health Care Providers
June 7th, 2008
AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) announced that it supports the revised Physician Payment Sunshine Act as part of the company's latest step to provide the public with more information about the way it does business. Sponsored by Sens. Charles Grassley of Iowa and Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, the legislation would create a national registry of payments that biopharmaceutical companies, device manufacturers and medical supply companies make to medical organizations and health care providers. "AstraZeneca believes that providing information to the public about our company, our products and how we do business is integral to improving patient health," said Tony Zook,...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-06-07)
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