NYC non-profit hospital paid $1.5m in severance to top cancer doctor after he was forced to resign for failing to disclose millions in payments from drug firms and health care companies
Dr. José Baselga resigned from Sloan Kettering in 2018 from drug and health care companies in dozens of research articles he authored
Recent filings by the IRS show the non-profit paid Baselga more than $1.5 million in severance in 2018 and 2019, according to the New York Times
The hospital declined to comment on whether Baselga was paid again in 2020
A spokesperson said the payments came as part of a 'contractual obligation'
Baselga is now is an executive at the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca