Pharmaceutical Philanthropic Shell Games
Has Industry Removed the Transparent and Replaced It With the Opaque?
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/display ... 68/1532619
In response to increasing public distrust and congressional concerns regarding pharmaceutical company influence on medical research and education, professional organizations have taken steps to phase out or regulate industry-sponsored educational support. A related problem is industry funding of philanthropic organizations, such as patient advocacy groups. Thus, when the office of Sen Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) recently reported that the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill received substantial pharmaceutical funding, there was concern among the membership’s psychiatric patients and their families...
27 Jun 2010, 6:10 pm
