Thursday, July 17, 2008

Unsavory Relations between Big Pharma and Most Med Schools

Only 5% of Medical Schools were judged free of conflicts of interest between their educational mission and a cosy relationship with pharmaceutical companies.

The New York Times



June 3, 2008
Survey of Medical Schools Is Critical of Perks
By GARDINER HARRIS

Most medical schools in the United States fail to police adequately the money, gifts and free drug samples that pharmaceutical companies routinely shower on doctors and trainees, according to a ranking by the American Medical Student Association.

Only 7 of the 150 medical schools included in the rankings received a grade of A while 14 were given a B. Sixty got a failing grade, and the student association found that 28 schools, or nearly one in five, were in the midst of revising their conflict-of-interest policies.

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