Peto writes that he and his colleagues at CTSU take no honoraria, consultancy fees or other payments, although companies occasionally pay for their travel accommodations.
Even after September 2010, Novartis continued to conduct bogus speaker programs that were simply vehicles for paying kickbacks to doctors in the form of honoraria and expensive meals.
Yet getting the coveted stamp from the Assembly of Indonesian Ulamas (MUI) meant having to sponsor three MUI staff to visit his facility including their hotels, food and honoraria.