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Dr. Hamburg, Divest Thyself
One of the wealthiest of the Obama administration appointees, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, has to offload her stock pretty quickly--apparently that's what comes from being married to a very successful hedge fund manager and holding a wide range of health and other medical related stock, says the Wall Street Journal. The... (read the rest)
First Cleveland Clinic, Then Penn, Now Stanford...
As we reported on our blog a few weeks ago, it wouldn't be long before many medical institutions were jumping on the conflict of interest bandwagon. As the Wall Street Journal Health Blog has reported, Stanford University Medical School is now publicly identifying its physicians and faculty for any industry... (read the rest)
Spine Transparency
The North American Spine Society has announced that researchers must disclose not only that they receive money from medical device makers but also the sum of those consulting fees, reports the Wall Street Journal. The policy is not simply a recommendation, but a requirement for all society members, and would... (read the rest)
Jumping on the Conflict of Interest Bandwagon
After the Cleveland Clinic announced last week that it would disclose all of its physician's financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, other hospitals are following suit as not to be left behind on the ethics bandwagon. Just 2 days after the Clinic's announcement, Penn Medicine has announced that they too will... (read the rest)
Something to Declare...But No One Cares
Disclosing financial conflicts of interest to potential research subjects does not effect their willingness to participate in research, found a recent Johns Hopkins, Duke, and Wake Forest University study. In fact, the effects of such disclosures upon potential research participants were minimal, except in one group--the participants told that the... (read the rest)
The joints where industry and orthopedists meet
Scott Haig, an orthopedist, writing in Time about the conflicts of interest that surfaced at the recent annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: The DOJ's slap was felt acutely by everyone at the convention. No more free dinners, shoulder bags, flashlights and pens. Way fewer models in... (read the rest)
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