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Republican Senator Targeting Orthopedic Over Conflict Of Interest
The orthopedic received Pentagon research funds to conduct a study on a bone-growth product called Infuse, manufactured by Medtronic. It so happened he is also a consultant for the firm and he had received $1.14 million for consulting services by Medtronic between 2004 and 2007.
Obviously there is a conflict of interest here and the high profile senator Grassley wants to know whether Dr. Polly mightnt have alternatively chosen to do his research on another bone-growth product made by a competitor.
Dr. Polly did not disclose that he was a consultant for the company when he appeared before a different Senate panel in May 2006 and urged it to continue paying for Defense Department research into combat-related injuries, the Senate documents indicate.
He didnt disclose that his trip to Washington was paid for by Medtronic.
He is the latest academic physician whose links to medical-device or pharmaceutical companies have come under the scrutiny of Sen. Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the senior Republican member of the Senate Finance Committee, who is leading an inquiry into medical ethics and conflicts of interest.
The Iowa Republican has written to the Minnesota universitys president Robert H. Bruininks on the issue.
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