Drug company paid doctor almost a half a million dollars to promote Seroquel
When is a doctor's independent medical judgment jeopardized? When the drug company pays him almost $500,000.00 to promote their drug? Most would probably think so. As reported by the Chicago Tribute in a recent article, the manufacturer of Seroquel, AstraZenca, paid a Chicago psychiatrist $496,000 over a ten year period to promote its leading antipsychotic drug, Seroquel. During that time, Dr. Reinstien did research and promotional work for the company in addition to providing the drug manufacturer a vast customer base--thousand of mentally ill residents of Chicago-area nursing homes.
Interviewed for the story, Dr. Reinstien said he does not "accept any money from corporations to study their medications. This eliminates any possible conflicts of interest." But wait. How did Dr. Reinstien get his money from the drug manufacturer for his research? Through a different company, Uptown Reseach Institute. It was paid to do research by the drug manufactuer and in turn paid Dr. Reinstien a monthly consulting fee. Further, AstraZenaca paid Dr. Reinstien for promotional work on the drug. All of this evidence came to light in a recent lawsuit.
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