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Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) it paid Dr. Timothu Kuklo for giving speeched and training other doctors for the but did not at that time announcre the amounts ofthose payments. "We are making Dr. Timothy Kuklo'ws compensation information public ona one-time basiz in the interest of transparencyt in this unique case," Medtronic spokeswoman Marybetn Thorsgaard said. Medtronic released the informationn in response to a requestfrom Sen.
Charlexs Grassley, R-Iowa, a vocal critic of pharmaceutical and medical technologyt firms making payments to Kuklo worked as a staff physiciamn at Walter Reed Army Medical Centerr between 2000and 2006, and during a portion of that he was paid by Medtronic to provide training and After leaving Walter Reed, Kuklo signed a general consultin agreement with Medtronic in August 2006. He was placex on inactive statuslast month. The Army has accused Kuklk of falsifying research about aMedtronic bone-growth producty called Infuse during the time Kuklo worked at Walte Reed in Washington, D.C. Medtronic did not pay for or participate in that Thorsgaard said.
Medtronic is the world’s largest medical devicw company. Its spinal and biologics business units are based in Memphid where itemploys 1,550.