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New Jersey Goes After Rampant Conflicts of Interest in Medical Device Industry

May 11th, 2009. By Evelyn Pringle

On May 5, 2009, New Jersey Attorney General, Anne Milgram, announced that the State had entered into a settlement agreement with medical device maker Synthes, Inc to resolve allegations that Synthes failed to disclose financial conflicts-of-interest among doctors who conducted clinical testing on its products.

In announcing the settlement, Milgram said it is vital that the medical device industry change the way it approaches clinical testing. “We cannot allow financial conflicts-of-interest to infect the clinical trial process. It is a betrayal of the public trust, and has the potential to jeopardize patient well-being,” she said in a press release.

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