Morning Smoke: With All-Star Athletes, Novartis Lured Doctors to Dinners Where Pharmaceuticals Were Marketed

Drug firm hired athletes, luring doctors to play ball by Chuck Neubauer [Washington Times]

Deficit Cutters Reject Gates on Shielding Defense Budget by Tony Cappacio [Bloomberg]

Many deficit commission staffers paid by outside groups by Dan Eggen [The Washington Post]

Pentagon Leaders Question Need For F-35B As DOD Eyes Accelerating Air Force, Navy Variants by Jason Sherman [Inside the Air Force; paid registration req'd]

Utah Sues GlaxoSmithKline Over Avandia Fraud by Ed Silverman [Pharmalot]

FDA Is Criticized for Training Deals by Alicia Mundy [The Wall Street Journal]

WilmerHale Partner Named New SEC Enforcement Division Chief Counsel by Jenna Greene [The Blog of Legal Times]