{"id":430393,"date":"2010-03-14T03:47:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T06:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidicke.com\/headlines\/31604-mass-doctor-pleads-guilty-to-research-fraud"},"modified":"2010-03-14T03:47:08","modified_gmt":"2010-03-14T06:47:08","slug":"mass-doctor-pleads-guilty-to-research-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/430393","title":{"rendered":"Mass. Doctor Pleads Guilty to Research Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘A doctor accused of faking research for a dozen years in published studies that suggested after-surgery benefits from painkillers including Vioxx and Celebrex pleaded guilty Monday to one count of federal health care<\/a> fraud.<\/p>\n

An attorney for Dr. Scott Reuben said the anesthesiologist will have to repay $361,932 in research grants and forfeit assets worth at least $50,000 as penalty for his conduct following a plea hearing in U.S. District Court.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors alleged the former chief of acute pain at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield sought and received research grants from pharmaceutical companies but never performed the studies. They said he fabricated patient data and submitted information to anesthesiology journals that unwittingly published it.’<\/p>\n

Read more: Doctor Pleads Guilty to Research Fraud<\/a><\/p>\n

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