Med Schools Flunk Keeping Faculty Off Pharma Speaking Ciruit

[Ruthless67]

Stanford faculty still taking drug firms' money

This article was in the San Francisco Chronicle today. Interesting read.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... .DTL&tsp=1

[MarkW]

I don't have a problem with drug companies paying academic doctors, other healthcare professionals or researchers for work/advice/consultancy, provided that all payments are fully publically declared.
It is not unusual for a speaker to thank a drug company before a seminar in healthcare circles, the audience understands what this means and are usually more challenging.

MarkW