Dollars for Dudes: Almost no women among medical industry's top-paid speakers, consultants

The causes are not clear, but men account for more than 90 percent of the 300 doctors who received the most money from drug and medical device companies, according to new federal data.

Alison Tendler, an ophthalmologist who works in Sioux Falls, S.D., is among the few women on a list of the doctors paid the most money by drug companies last year. That's primarily because she serves as the TV advertising spokeswoman for the eye drug Restasis.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), ProPublica

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