The largest private global health foundations exert inordinate influence on public health policy–ensuring that those policies increase profits for their corporate and endowment portfolios. Continue reading →
Academic Institutions /NGO
Ethics of Marketing Vaccines: Dr. Jacob Puliyal
"The world depends on 35% of those who are defiers–those who clearly see what is right and what is wrong. But they need to speak up, to protest, and to stand up for their ethical values. The future depends on you."
Minnesota Dean Medical School on Pepsi Board
"When an expert joins this kind of board, clearly it's going to compromise their ability to speak out" Continue reading →
Doctors & Drug Makers_World Health Organization & Drug Makers
No Free Lunch is an example of disingenuous focus on trivia while avoiding the real issues that are corrupting medicine. Continue reading →
Hospital IRBs are “On the Take”–Tainted by Conflicts ofInterest_NEJM
A study in The New England Journal of Medicine shatters the last myth about the integrity of the current system of checks and balances in medical research. Continue reading →
$29 Million Donations Tie Drug Firms and Nonprofits_Philadelphia Inquirer
An investigative report in The Philadelphia Inquirer examined pharmaceutical company ties to six, tax exempt organziations that identify themselves as “patient advocacy” groups, "Each a leading advocate for patients in a disease area.”
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Meta-analysis: Methods, strengths, weaknesses, and political uses
A critical examination of meta-analysis studies by John H. Noble, Jr, Ph.D, AHRP Treasurer Continue reading →