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Those of you interested in relationship between pharm industry and docs
here are some great links to interesting articles...

Take care,
 Celia

> Pharm News, 5/15/03:
> 
>  From the Canadian Medical Association Journal:
> http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/168/10/1267
> A review of pharmaceutical influences on research activity. In additi=
> on to=20
> documented cases of data suppression, pharmaceutical companies have b=
> een=20
> selective in what types of research trials are conducted (they aren't=
>  too=20
> keen in funding trials designed to prove cheap, old drugs work just a=
> s well=20
> as new, patented drugs).
> 
>  From the Academic Emergency Medicine Journal:
> http://www.aemj.org/cgi/content/abstract/10/5/424-a
> Original research showing that free lunches and dinners is temporally=
> =20
> correlated to the use of the promoted medications.
> 
> 
>  From Daedalus:
> http://www.daedalus.amacad.org/issues/spring2002/angell.pdf
> A 10-page summary article written by Marcia Angell and Arnold Relman =
> that=20
> describes how pharmaceutical companies now test and market new drugs,=
>  often=20
> in ways that compromise the impartiality of academic medicine. Includ=
> es the=20
> topics such as NIH funding of research, the Bayh-Dole Act, "contract=
> =20
> research organizations" that run clinical trials for-profit, and cont=
> inuing=20
> medical education courses funded by drug companies. A good review art=
> icle=20
> written to be understood by people outside of medicine.
> 
> 
>  From the New York Times:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/07/business/media/07DRUG.html
> News personalities such as Aaron Brown, Walter Cronkite and Morley Sa=
> fer,=20
> are planning to or have appeared in short "educational" videos sponso=
> red by=20
> drug companies.
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/08/business/media/08DRUG.html
> Or not.
> 
> 
>  From Mother Jones:
> http://www.motherjones.com/news/hellraiser/2003/10/ma_290_01.html
> A profile of Dr. Bob Goodman of No Free Lunch.org.
> 
> 
>  From America's Finest News Source:
> http://www.theonion.com/onion3918/pfizer_launches.html=20
> 
> 
> --Boundary_(ID_xhakOoF+lPJLfN4lwTc8JQ)
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> 
> <html>
> <font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica">Pharm News, 5/15/03:<br><br>
>  From the Canadian Medical Association Journal:<br>
> </font><font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica" color=3D"#0000FF"><u><a href=
> =3D"http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/168/10/1267" eudora=3D"autour=
> l">http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/168/10/1267<br>
> </a></u></font><font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica">A review of pharmaceut=
> ical
> influences on research activity. In addition to documented cases of d=
> ata
> suppression, pharmaceutical companies have been selective in what typ=
> es
> of research trials are conducted (they aren't too keen in funding tri=
> als
> designed to prove cheap, old drugs work just as well as new, patented
> drugs). <br><br>
>  From the Academic Emergency Medicine Journal:<br>
> </font><font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica" color=3D"#0000FF"><u><a href=
> =3D"http://www.aemj.org/cgi/content/abstract/10/5/424-a" eudora=3D"au=
> tourl">http://www.aemj.org/cgi/content/abstract/10/5/424-a<br>
> </a></u></font><font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica">Original research show=
> ing
> that free lunches and dinners is temporally correlated to the use of =
> the
> promoted medications.<br><br>
> <br>
>  From Daedalus:<br>
> </font><font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica" color=3D"#0000FF"><u><a href=
> =3D"http://www.daedalus.amacad.org/issues/spring2002/angell.pdf" eudo=
> ra=3D"autourl">http://www.daedalus.amacad.org/issues/spring2002/angel=
> l.pdf<br>
> </a></u></font><font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica">A 10-page summary arti=
> cle
> written by Marcia Angell and Arnold Relman that describes how
> pharmaceutical companies now test and market new drugs, often in ways
> that compromise the impartiality of academic medicine. Includes the
> topics such as NIH funding of research, the Bayh-Dole Act, "cont=
> ract
> research organizations" that run clinical trials for-profit, and
> continuing medical education courses funded by drug companies. A good
> review article written to be understood by people outside of
> medicine.<br><br>
> <br>
>  From the New York Times:<br>
> </font><font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica" color=3D"#0000FF"><u><a href=
> =3D"http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/07/business/media/07DRUG.html" eud=
> ora=3D"autourl">http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/07/business/media/07DR=
> UG.html<br>
> </a></u></font><font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica">News personalities suc=
> h as
> Aaron Brown, Walter Cronkite and Morley Safer, are planning to or hav=
> e
> appeared in short =93educational=94 videos sponsored by drug companie=
> s.
> <br><br>
> </font><font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica" color=3D"#0000FF"><u><a href=
> =3D"http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/08/business/media/08DRUG.html" eud=
> ora=3D"autourl">http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/08/business/media/08DR=
> UG.html<br>
> </a></u></font><font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica">Or not.<br><br>
> <br>
>  From Mother Jones:<br>
> </font><font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica" color=3D"#0000FF"><u><a href=
> =3D"http://www.motherjones.com/news/hellraiser/2003/10/ma_290_01.html=
> " eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.motherjones.com/news/hellraiser/2003/=
> 10/ma_290_01.html<br>
> </a></u></font><font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica">A profile of Dr. Bob G=
> oodman
> of No Free Lunch.org.<br><br>
> <br>
>  From America=92s Finest News Source:<br>
> </font><font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica" color=3D"#0000FF"><u><a href=
> =3D"http://www.theonion.com/onion3918/pfizer_launches.html" eudora=
> =3D"autourl">http://www.theonion.com/onion3918/pfizer_launches.html</=
> a></u></font><font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica">
> </font></html>
> 
> 
> --Boundary_(ID_xhakOoF+lPJLfN4lwTc8JQ)--
> 






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