March 4, 2009 Sen. Grassley to Pfizer: Provide Details of $$ to Harvard MedicalFacultyDespite the fact that Harvard Medical School rules say that students on campus are supposed to be Read More Sen. Grassley to Pfizer: Provide Details of $$ to Harvard MedicalFaculty
March 2, 2009 US Device Mfg Sues UK Cardiologist for Truth TellingNMT, the device manufacturer has instituted legal action to silence criticism by the study’s joint principal investigator, Read More US Device Mfg Sues UK Cardiologist for Truth Telling
December 29, 2008 Marcia Angell: Drug Co & Doctors: A Story of CorruptionDrug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption By Marcia Angell, MD, former Editor in Chief of Read More Marcia Angell: Drug Co & Doctors: A Story of Corruption
June 12, 2008 Grassley Probes COI at American Psychiatric AssociationAccording to The New York Times, Senator Charles Grassley "is demanding that the American Psychiatric Association give Read More Grassley Probes COI at American Psychiatric Association
March 21, 2007 Medical Prostitution: Doctors On the Take–Minnesota an example, NYTThe information thus obtained is the focus of a front page report in The NewYork Times. The Read More Medical Prostitution: Doctors On the Take–Minnesota an example, NYT
February 26, 2007 Counter-Detailing Anti-drug Reps Coming to Educate DoctorsThere is a misperception that because a drug is an FDA-approved prescription medicine, it's safe and effective. Read More Counter-Detailing Anti-drug Reps Coming to Educate Doctors
January 21, 2007 Are Lipid lowering (Statins) Guidelines Evidence-Based? LancetA Commentary in the Lancet by John Abramson, MD, of Harvard Medical School, author of Overdosed America, Read More Are Lipid lowering (Statins) Guidelines Evidence-Based? Lancet
December 4, 2006 IRB Forum Not Inclined to Discuss the Most Serious Issue of AllI posted to the IRB Forum (a chatroom) the AHRP Infomail reporting about the Harvard study of Read More IRB Forum Not Inclined to Discuss the Most Serious Issue of All
November 6, 2006 Psychiatry News: High Cost of NondisclosureA guest editorial in Psychiatry News, by the two psychiatrists who first blew the whistle on an Read More Psychiatry News: High Cost of Nondisclosure
November 4, 2006 Conflicts of Interest Hopkins Study: Researchers Don’t Want to Disclose $$ Disgruntled NIH scientists who want to suspend conflict of interest rules that prevent them from legally getting Read More Conflicts of Interest Hopkins Study: Researchers Don’t Want to Disclose $$
October 30, 2006 Medicine In Conflict:Financial Tentacles in Cardiology_Business WeekSuch procedures "are uncomfortable, relatively expensive, and might be taking the focus away" from less invasive, equally Read More Medicine In Conflict:Financial Tentacles in Cardiology_Business Week
October 3, 2006 Debate: PhRMA and its relations with Gov, Academia, Doctors and Consumers_Oct 4-5Members of the PRESS in New York and Washington DC will have an opportunity to attend one Read More Debate: PhRMA and its relations with Gov, Academia, Doctors and Consumers_Oct 4-5
September 22, 2006 2 letters Re: Dr. Nemeroff Failure to Disclose Conflicts of Interest_WSJSuccess in academic psychiatry is not measured in the improvement of patients' mental health, but rather in Read More 2 letters Re: Dr. Nemeroff Failure to Disclose Conflicts of Interest_WSJ
September 19, 2006 NIH A House of Ill Repute–Scientists for Sale While on Gov PayrollDuring the Reagan era, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was described by (then) Secretary of Health Read More NIH A House of Ill Repute–Scientists for Sale While on Gov Payroll