Novartis AG Gave Doctors Thousands To Prescribe Pills: Feds

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Dr. Howard Brand says he had one goal when he gave a speech at a Miami hotel in the early 2000s -- to tout the diabetes pill Starlix for the pharmaceutical company Novartis. The giant Swiss drugmaker, which reported $57.9 billion in global sales in 2013, paid the Stony Brook endocrinologist $1,500 for his talk at a doctors’ meeting, Brand said in an interview. Novartis also paid for Brand’s airfare and his weekend hotel stay, he said.

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