Drugmakers and College Labs: Too Cozy?

Medical researchers at Harvard and Stanford failed to disclose
millions in payments from Big Pharma, an Iowa senator charges
U.S. Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) is continuing to criticize what he considers to be the troubling industry ties of some medical researchers and doctors. Grassley serves as the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs. In early June, he released information alleging a group of Harvard psychiatrists received more than $4 million from drug companies that they didn't report to the university. On June 23, he singled out another prominent psychiatrist, Dr. Alan Schatzberg of Stanford, saying the university should have demanded more stringent disclosure from its faculty member.
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Posted by Editor at June 30, 2008 03:54 AM