Policy Experts Question 13 Patient Advocacy Groups' Legitimacy Due To Opioid Industry Funding

By Beth Wang / February 15, 2018 at 2:20 PM
The future of a number of pain patient advocacy organizations and professional societies may be on shaky ground following the Tuesday (Feb. 13) release of a damning report that revealed 13 of these groups -- along with a non-patient-focused organization, the Washington Legal Foundation -- received nearly $9 million in funding over a five-year period from major opioid manufacturers. Additionally, several high-level individuals within those organizations received payments from the opioid industry. The report asserts -- as do the policy...


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