The New York Times reports that drug giant Wyeth paid doctors and researchers to put their names on articles to medical journals that had been ghostwritten by company hacks.
Some of the articles were published extolling the benefits of the company's hormone-replacement drug Prempro after a large federal drug study had indicated that the drug could lead to an increase in breast cancer.
The documents have come to light as part of investigations by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA).