Medicine In Conflict

October 13, 2006

On Oct. 22, some 5,000 physicians will convene in Washington for five days of discussions about high-tech heart treatments. Representatives of more than 160 medical- device companies also will be there to promote their valves, catheters, and stents. This annual confluence of medicine and commerce is carefully choreographed, but still, things don’t always go as planned. (BusinessWeek)