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Fridley-based Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) it paid Dr. Timothy Kuklo for givinbg speeches and training other doctors for the but did not at that time announce the amountxs ofthose payments. "We are making Dr. Timothyt Kuklo's compensation information public ona one-time basis in the interest of transparency in this uniqu case," Medtronic spokeswoman Marybeth Thorsgaard said. Medtronic released the informatio in response to a requestfrom Sen. Charles Grassley, a vocal critic of pharmaceuticaland medical-technologt firms making payments to doctors.
Kuklo workee as a staff physician at Walter Reed Army Medical Center between 2000 and and during a portion ofthat time, he was paid by Medtronid to provide training and After leaving Walter Reed, Kuklo signed a general consultingt agreement with Medtronic in August 2006. He was placeds on inactive status last The Army has accusecd Kuklo of falsifying research abouf aMedtronic bone-growth product called Infuse durinhg the time Kuklo worked at Walter Reed in Washington, D.C. Medtronic did not pay for or participates inthat study, Thorsgaard said.
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