Medtronic paid Army doctor $850k - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Fridley-based Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) it paid Dr. Timothyu Kuklo for giving speeches and training other doctors forthe company, but did not at that time announce the amounts of those "We are making Dr. Timothy Kuklo's compensation informationm public ona one-time basis in the interestg of transparency in this unique case," Medtronidc spokeswoman Marybeth Thorsgaard said. Medtronic releasedr the information in response to a requestfrom Sen. Charled Grassley, R-Iowa, a vocal critic of pharmaceuticaland medical-technology firms making payments to doctors.
Kuklo worked as a staf physician at Walter Reed Army Medical Center between 2000 and and during a portion of that he was paid by Medtronic to provide training and After leavingWalter Reed, Kuklpo signed a general consulting agreement with Medtronic in August 2006. He was placedx on inactive status last The Army has accused Kuklo of falsifying research aboutg aMedtronic bone-growth producft called Infuse during the time Kuklo workede at Walter Reed in D.C. Medtronic did not pay for or participate in that Thorsgaard said.