Medical doctors and government regulatory agents are able to earn payment in perpetuity by offering consulting on new technologies which they then sell at their practice. The companies offering this are able to join groups of corporations claiming they do not provide kickbacks while paying doctors a royalty which, technically is not a kickback.
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Wouldn’t this disincentivize innovation?
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No, the pharma and biomed companies would make more profit as a result. Practicing doctors do not invent products they treat patients.
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