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AAMC: Ban pharma gifts at med schools
Will all medical schools bar the door to pharma giveaways? The Association of American Medical Colleges hopes so. After two years of study, the influential group drafted a policy that would ban drug Read more...
JAMA: Merck paid docs for bylines
Merck wrote its own articles on Vioxx research and then paid prestigious doctors to append their bylines, according to a new story in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Of course, Read more...
Docs go cold turkey on industry pay
The shape of things to come, or a few anomalies that prove the prevailing trend? A few prominent research doctors are saying "No, thanks," to any payments from drug and device companies. Read more...
Seroquel researcher got cash from AZ
Sen. Charles Grassley's hall of shame: The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, who's been trying to rally support for a bill requiring drug and device makers to disclose anything of value Read more...
ALSO NOTED: FDA: New Zyprexa sedates some;Vanderbilt outlaws rep freebies;
> Prepping for advisory panel review, FDA staff says long-lasting Zyprexa causes drowsiness. Report > Vanderbilt Medical Read more...
MN panel mulls conflict-of-interest policy
What does Minnesota have that practically no other state does? A law that requires drug companies to report payments to doctors for lectures, consulting, research, and the like. What does Minnesota Read more...
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