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) > Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii > Content-transfer-encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE > > <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)-- >