Pfizer Discloses $35M Paid to Doctors, Medical Centers in Last 6 Months of '09

The New York Times reported that "Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, said Wednesday that it paid about $20 million to 4,500 doctors and other medical professionals for consulting and speaking on its behalf in the last six months of 2009." The company "also paid $15.3 million to 250 academic medical centers and other research groups for clinical trials in the same period."