PhRMA & AMA address physician gifts
Executive Summary
Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America and American Medical Association meeting the week of Jan. 14 included discussion of gifts for physicians, but no action items, AMA said. The two organizations meet yearly to discuss topics of common interest. An HHS Inspector General inquiry into physician gifts could trigger another round of political scrutiny of the topic (1"The Pink Sheet" Oct. 8, 2001, p. 5)...