ASTRAZENECA spent almost $1.4 million sponsoring events for healthcare professionals between May and Oct last year, according to figures released by Medicines Australia.
An analysis of the data by Fairfax has found 33 pharmaceutical companies spent a total of $16 million on events, with other big spenders including Novartis Pharmaceuticals at $1.17 million, Boehringer Ingelheim at $1.03 million and MSD with $1.02m.
They were just ahead of Roche with $982,000, Amgen at $937,000 and Sanofi which spent $904,000 during the period.
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