Women Earn Less From Drug, Device Firms
Female physicians earn far less in compensation from drug and medical device companies than do their male peers, new research shows.
In fact, the gender-based pay disparity widened from 2013 to 2019, according to a study published in JAMA Surgery by faculty from the University of California and Weill Cornell Medicine surgery departments.
The study analyzed publicly reported financial compensation data in the Open Payments database from the 15 highest-grossing drug and medical device companies.
Big disparity: Female physicians received $41,320 on average compared with the $1,226,377 paid to male physicians, the study found.
Clear difference: Men received higher payments even after adjusting for academic rank, specialty, and the number of articles published, the study found.
New Rules on Nondrug Cancer Pain Therapy
New recommendations for the management of adult cancer pain give more attention to nondrug techniques such as massage, acupuncture, and music therapy.
The new guidelines were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology and include discussion of integrative pain management techniques in a joint effort between the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Society of Integrative Oncology (SIO).
The recommendations reflect a growing body of evidence suggesting that integrative therapies can be useful in cancer pain management.
